Plácido Domingo has been accused of a range of misconduct over the span of three decades, including forced kissing and professionally retaliating against women who had refused his sexual advances
Photo: Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images In a last minute move, embattled opera superstar Plácido Domingo has announced that he will leave the Metropolitan Opera in New York, one day before he was scheduled to star in Verdi’s Macbeth tomorrow. Domingo has been accused by 20 women of sexual harassment and intimidation.
He also said that in addition to pulling out of Macbeth, his dress rehearsal for the show would be his “last performance on the Met stage.” The Met in turn released a statement that seemed to indicate he was asked to leave: “The Metropolitan Opera confirms that Plácido Domingo has agreed to withdraw from all future performances at the Met, effective immediately,” it said. “The Met and Mr. Domingo are in agreement that he needed to step down.
Domingo has been accused of a range of misconduct over the span of three decades, including forced kissing and professionally retaliating against women who had refused his sexual advances. In the wake of the AP report, the LA Opera — where Domingo has served as a director for over ten years — announced it was launching an investigation into his behavior, as did the American Guild of Music Arts, the union that represents the performers and technical staff at the Met.
During the meeting, Gelb allegedly offered several explanations and seemed to cast doubt on both the AP’s reporting and the experiences of Domingo’s 20 accusers.
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