Performer is killed onstage in accident at Russia's Bolshoi Theater | TheHill - The Hill

The theater said that the performer, identified as Yevgeny Kulesh, died during a performance of the “Sadko” opera. The BBC, citing local media, reported that he had been an actor with the theater for almost 20 years.

"The performance was immediately stopped, the audience was asked to leave the hall," the Bolshoi said in a statement, according to the network.

Kulesh was crushed by falling scenery during a set change, The Associated Press reported, citing witnesses who claimed that he apparently left the stage on the wrong side.