'We want our members to feel that they have better tools, more tools to deal with issues that are millennia old.'
The American Guild of Musical Artists is hosting a forum on harassment and intimidation in Los Angeles on Monday in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment against opera star Placido Domingo.
"We want our members to feel that they have better tools, more tools to deal with issues that are millennia old," Hope Singer, AGMA's western counsel, told ABC News on Monday. She added,"Ninety-nine percent of the time it's a power issue, and it doesn't matter if it's a co-worker or someone who has control over your career; it's a way of asserting power."
The forum comes a little over a month since the Associated Press published 11 women's allegations of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior, as well as alleged retaliation by Domingo, a"major force" at LA Opera, per their own website, who has served as its general director since 2003. "However," his statement continued,"I recognize that the rules and standards by which we are — and should be — measured against today are very different than they were in the past. I am blessed and privileged to have had a more than 50-year career in opera and will hold myself to the highest standards."
Following the first AP report in August, LA Opera announced that it launched an independent investigation on Domingo. A few weeks later, AGMA, a labor union that represents artists, announced it was launching its own independent investigation on Domingo. He is still scheduled to sing three performances as the titular role in "Macbeth" at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, starting Wednesday. He has an additional engagement with the Met this season to perform a smaller role in"Madama Butterfly" in November. Opening night for the Metropolitan Opera is Monday.
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