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Opera singer Virgilio Marino (left) with Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban after a performance of The Merry Widow
Usually there’s more than enough drama at a night at the opera - what with all the dying and the singing and the histrionics on stage. But things really stepped up a notch or eleven at
The Merry Widow at the Sydney Opera House last month. No, the show wasn’t especially dramatic, and no, no one actually died. Instead, it was a battle over theatre etiquette that caused the calamity - which would be rather boring if it weren’t for who was involved - and highlighted the broader problem opera faces.
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Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban embroiled in ‘heated exchange’ at the opera as fan ‘swats her with his programme’
Shannon Power
Updated: 7 Feb 2021, 14:43
KEITH Urban rushed to the defence of his Oscar winning wife Nicole Kidman after an opera fan allegedly swatted her with a programme .
Nicole, 53, was enjoying one of her first nights out after completing mandatory quarantine in Australia with her country singer husband, Keith, 53 and her mum, Janelle.
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Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman went to the opera in SydneyCredit: Getty Images - Getty
The trio decided to take in the critically acclaimed Opera Australia production of Merry Widow at Sydney s world famous Opera House.