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Accident at work during rehearsal at the Semperoper - injured

Several people were slightly injured in a rehearsal accident at the Semperoper Dresden.  / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa
Several people were slightly injured in a rehearsal accident at the Semperoper Dresden. / Photo: Robert Michael/dpa

During a rehearsal for the Puccini opera "Turandot" at the Semperoper, several participants fall from a platform and injure themselves.

Five people have been injured in a work accident at the Semperoper Dresden. According to the fire department, they fell about one and a half meters from a higher surface during a rehearsal for Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot". They were taken to Dresden hospitals in ambulances. According to reports, they were choristers.

The cause of the accident is now the subject of further investigations. According to the fire department, the opera has announced that all performances scheduled for the weekend will go ahead as planned.

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