--- title: Amsterdam Police Kick in Opera Singer's Door description: Whoops. canonical: https://time.com/4196454/amsterdam-police-opera-singer/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-27T20:24:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:22.235Z og:title: Police Kick In Opera Singer's Door Because They Thought He Was Screaming og:description: Whoops. og:url: https://time.com/4196454/amsterdam-police-opera-singer/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Police Kick In Opera Singer's Door Because They Thought He Was Screaming twitter:description: Whoops. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Police Kick In Opera Singer's Door Because They Thought He Was Screaming in Pain by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 27, 2016 8:24 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 27, 2016 8:24 PM CUT Police in Amsterdam responded to a domestic violence call Tuesday night after residents thought they heard someone screaming in pain. When officers arrived at the scene, they [kicked a large hole](https://www.facebook.com/689522981085826/posts/1014452861926168 "undefined") in the door to let themselves in—only to find that the man inside was not crying out in pain. He was simply an opera singer, practicing with headphones on. The police department shared a photo of the damaged door on Facebook: Let this be a reminder to us all: if you’re going to sing opera in your house, try to keep things at a reasonable volume. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4196454/amsterdam-police-opera-singer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4196454/amsterdam-police-opera-singer/"},"headline":"Police Kick In Opera Singer's Door Because They Thought He Was Screaming in Pain","datePublished":"2016-01-27T20:24:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:22.235Z","description":"Whoops.","url":"https://time.com/4196454/amsterdam-police-opera-singer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4196454/amsterdam-police-opera-singer/","name":"Police Kick In Opera Singer's Door Because They Thought He Was Screaming in Pain"}}]}] ```