LONDON " Britain's Royal Opera says it's sorry for causing distress but the show will go on after a rape scene in "Guillaume Tell" sparked boos and walkouts.Director Damiano Michieletto's production of the 1829 Gioachino Rossini opera about Swiss apple-skewerer William Tell includes a scene in which soldiers strip a woman naked and assault her.The sequence prompted loud boos at Monday's opening-night performance.
SOURCE: Boston Herald at 08:09PM on June 30, 2015