At Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater, An Actor Dies In An Accident

MOSCOW, Russia — According to Russian press sources, an actor died in an accident while changing scenes at Moscow’s Bolshoi theater.

The performer seemed to have departed the stage on the incorrect side during a Saturday evening performance of Nikolai Rimsky-opera Korsakov’s “Sadko” and was struck by scenery being lowered, according to witnesses.

The stage curtain was dropped after the mishap, and the audience was finally informed that the show had been canceled and that their money would be returned, according to sources.