From New-York Times by DAN WAKIN
The mezzo-soprano Wendy White fell from a platform eight feet above the stage during a performance of Gounod's "Faust" at the Metropolitan Opera on Saturday night and was taken to the hospital. The Met said she did not appear to be seriously injured and was in stable condition but was undergoing tests.
Members of the audience said that during Act III, as Ms. White, in the role of Marthe, was walking onto a platform from a staircase behind René Pape, who was playing Méphistophélès, a clattering sound was heard and she disappeared from view. "Curtain! Curtain!" yelled Mr. Pape, and the curtain fell. A hinge on a piece of plywood that connected the platform to the stairway broke, causing the plywood to give way and leading to the fall, a Met spokesman said later.
A Met official took the stage to say Ms. White had suffered a short fall and was brought to the hospital. The Met later said in a statement that a house doctor immediately attended to her, and an ambulance took her to St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center. The Met said she never loss consciousness.
After about a half-hour, the opera resumed where it had left off, with an understudy, Theodora Hanslowe, carrying on in the role.
Ms. White is a Met stalwart who has made more than 500 appearances with the company since her 1989 debut as Flora in "La Traviata."
Such mishaps are rare on the opera stage but do occasionally happen. Fears of stage accidents at the Met lately have centered more on its new production of Wagner's "Ring" cycle, which involves a giant 45-ton mechanized set. It has malfunctioned several times, but with no reported injuries.
John Tierney and Christopher Phillips contributed reporting.
周六晚上，在大都会歌剧院表演古诺的《浮士德》时，女中音温迪 · 怀特从舞台上方8英尺的平台上摔了下来，被送往医院。大都会歌剧院表示，她似乎没有受到严重伤害，目前情况稳定，但正在接受检查。
观众们说，在第三幕期间，扮演玛尔特的怀特女士从演奏梅菲斯托菲勒斯的瑞尼 · 佩佩(René Pape)身后的楼梯上走上讲台时，听到一声脆响，她从视野中消失了。“落幕！落幕!”佩普先生喊道，大幕落了下来。剧院的一位发言人后来说，连接平台和楼梯的一块胶合板上的支撑断裂，导致胶合板松动，从而导致了坠楼。
大都会的一位工作人员上台说，怀特女士摔了一跤，被送进了医院。剧院后来在一份声明中说，一名剧场医生立即对她施救，救护车把她送到圣卢克-罗斯福医院中心。剧院说她从未失去意识。大约半小时后，歌剧继续上演，由替补演员西奥多拉 · 汉斯洛(Theodora Hanslowe)继续扮演这个角色。
怀特是大都会的老常客，自1989年在《茶花女》(La Traviata)中饰演弗洛拉(Flora)首次亮相以来，她已在该剧院舞台露面500多次。
这样的事故在歌剧舞台上很少发生，但偶尔也会发生。最近，人们对大都会舞台事故的担忧更多地集中在新制作的瓦格纳的“指环”上，其中包括一个重达45吨的巨型机械化装置。它已经出现了几次故障，但是没有人受伤。