LONDON — A performer holding a Palestinian flag touched off a short scuffle on stage on the Royal Opera Home in London as solid members have been taking their bows following the season’s closing efficiency of “Il Trovatore.”
Photos posted on social media present what seems to be a member of the refrain holding the unfurled flag in entrance of his chest whereas the lead singers bask within the viewers’s applause on Saturday night time.
After a couple of moments, somebody backstage tries to seize the flag, however the performer holds onto it and snaps again into place.
“The show of the flag was an unauthorized motion by the artist,” the opera firm stated in an announcement on Sunday. “It was not accredited by the Royal Ballet and Opera and is an entirely inappropriate act.”
The opera firm declined to remark when requested whether or not the performer would face any disciplinary motion.
“Il Trovatore,” which interprets as “The Troubadour,” is an 1853 opera by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi. Director Adele Thomas’ manufacturing reinterprets the story of need and an all-consuming curse, the opera stated.