Tenor Killed at the MET
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Metropolitan Opera House,
Lincoln Center___
Friday, 1/5/96
Famous opera tenor Richard Versalle
was killed during the opening scene where his
character, the elderly law clerk
Vitek was standing on a ten foot ladder and
attempting to file a century old legal case.
As he sang the words:
"To bad you can only live so long"
he plunged to his death. Versalle apparently
died of a heart attack but the context of
his death indicates a quintessential
"ALIEN AGENCY HIT"!
The "M Case", a Czech opera about an elixir
that confers eternal youth, was written
by Leos Janacek
Versalle was 63 and had a long career at
the Metropolitan Opera House.
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