[Met Performance] CID:322940



Cancelled Performance
The Makropulos Case: Act I partial
Metropolitan Opera House, Fri, January 5, 1996




Cancelled Performance


The Makropulos Case: Act I partial





Minutes into the scheduled premiere of Janácek's opera, after singing the line "You can only live so long" from a ladder on the set, Richard Versalle, portraying Vítek, suffered a fatal heart attack, and fell ten feet to the stage below. The curtain was lowered and a few minutes later General Manager Joseph Volpe announced the cancellation of the performance.

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