UK: Royal Opera defends 'distressing' rape scene after boos by Associated Press

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.

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