.... The incident took place when a veiled woman was spotted on the front row of a performance of La Traviata at the Opera Bastille, Jean-Philippe Thiellay told AFP, confirming a media report.
.... The woman was sitting just behind the conductor, visible to monitors, wearing a scarf covering her hair and a veil over her mouth and nose during the performance on October 3.
"I was alerted in the second act," said Thiellay, adding that "some performers said they did not want to sing" if something was not done. [The Local] Read more
