New York's Metropolitan Opera halted a matinee performance Saturday after someone sprinkled an unknown powder into the orchestra pit. The New York Police Department said Saturday that the powder may have been an opera lover's ashes. Met spokesman Sam Neuman said the afternoon's performance of Guillaume Tell was canceled during the second intermission. "As a safety precaution, the Met canceled the remainder of the performance," Neuman said in a statement. NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller verified the identity of the man and confirmed that he was attending the performance in order to sprinkle the ashes of his supposed mentor.
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- 10/30/2016
- by Associated Press, THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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