Bolshoi performer killed in onstage accident during opera

That same year, ballet soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko was ordered jailed for six years by a Moscow court for his role in a brutal acid attack on the company’s artistic director, Sergei Filin, that left him almost blind. Dmitrichenko had reportedly admitted he wanted Filin “roughed up” but had denied wanting acid thrown into his face, in a case that revealed bitter rivalries and infighting at the theater.