Live chickens slaughtered during opera
Live chickens have been strangled during a performance at Bonn's opera house.
Audience members watching Rossini's The Barber of Seville were shocked when they realised the birds killed in act two were real.
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SUBSCRIBELive chickens have been strangled during a performance at Bonn's opera house.
Audience members watching Rossini's The Barber of Seville were shocked when they realised the birds killed in act two were real.
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