Yep. It can happen to anyone. But first Muti and now this:

The Royal Opera House auditorium was cleared last night after 83-year-old conductor Sir Colin Davis suffered a fall as he mounted the podium steps.

Orchestra members rushed to his aid and an ambulance was called when Sir Colin tripped and tumbled, bashing the back of his head, as he prepared to conduct Mozart’s The Magic Flute. The audience saw him lying on the floor, but the paramedics were not needed and he stood and walked from the pit himself.

He drank some water and a message was broadcast throughout the Covent Garden building that he was fine. But it was decided as a precaution that David Syrus, who was on hand and already scheduled to conduct performances of the opera next week, should take over.

At his home in Highbury today, Sir Colin told the Standard: “I’m fine. I have had heart troubles. It’s been a bad year on the whole, but I’m still abreast, so to speak.”

I read it here.