The suspects
CA
Celeste Aldous
Age 31
Understudy (Lead Soprano)
Motive: Inherits the lead role + full season if Halloway can't perform
MR
Margot Reyes
Age 47
Head of Makeup
Motive: Halloway found her embezzlement — threatened to report it
LS
Laurent Sorrel
Age 53
Director & Former Partner
Motive: Halloway ended their relationship and his contract
Case file excerpt
VICTIMVivienne Halloway, 44 — principal soprano, SF Lyric Opera
FOUNDSeptember 22, 2023, 21:14 — collapsed onstage, Act II
LOCATIONWar Memorial Opera House, Van Ness Ave, San Francisco
INITIAL RULINGCardiac event — collapse witnessed by full house