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Actor crushed by set piece in Bolshoi theater during performance

According to Russian media, Kulesh had to move a chair, but at the same time a set piece came down. Colleagues still yelled for him to leave, but he wouldn’t have heard because of the noise.

‘There is blood’

Some onlookers said they initially thought the accident was part of the production, until someone onstage yelled, “Stop! Stop! Call an ambulance! There’s blood here!”


The actor died before the ambulance arrived. The performance of the opera Sadko by the Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov was immediately interrupted. The audience had to leave the hall. After that, it was decided to stop the show altogether.


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