Plácido Domingo
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PERFORMANCES
Placído Domingo has been at home on the world’s stages for over half a century. Well over 4,000 singing and conducting engagements to date have taken him across the globe, from leading opera houses to historic concerts celebrating some of the greatest international events.
Repertoire of Plácido Domingo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repertoire_of_Plácido_Domingo
Metropolitan Opera
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Opera
The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as The Met) is an opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager. As of 2018, the company's current music director is Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
The Met was founded in 1883 as an alternative to the previously established Academy of Music opera house, and debuted the same year in a new building on 39th and Broadway (now known as the "Old Met"). It moved to the new Lincoln Center location in 1966.
The Metropolitan Opera is the largest classical music organization in North America. It presents about 27 different operas each year from late September through May. The operas are presented in a rotating repertory schedule, with up to seven performances of four different works staged each week. Performances are given in the evening Monday through Saturday with a matinée on Saturday. Several operas are presented in new productions each season. Sometimes these are borrowed from or shared with other opera companies. The rest of the year's operas are given in revivals of productions from previous seasons. The 2015–16 season comprised 227 performances of 25 operas.
The operas in the Met's repertoire consist of a wide range of works, from 18th-century Baroque and 19th-century Bel canto to the Minimalism of the late 20th century. These operas are presented in staged productions that range in style from those with elaborate traditional decors to others that feature modern conceptual designs.
The Met's performing company consists of a large symphony-sized orchestra, a chorus, children's choir, and many supporting and leading solo singers. The company also employs numerous free-lance dancers, actors, musicians and other performers throughout the season. The Met's roster of singers includes both international and American artists, some of whose careers have been developed through the Met's young artists programs. While many singers appear periodically as guests with the company, others, such as Renée Fleming and Plácido Domingo, long maintained a close association with the Met, appearing many times each season until they retired.
Plácido Domingo withdraws from Met Opera performances after sexual harassment claims
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/24/placido-domingo-macbeth-met-opera-sexual-harassment
Opera singer drops role in Macbeth and agrees no longer to perform with New York company
The Metropolitan Opera announced on Tuesday that Plácido Domingo had agreed to withdraw from his slate of scheduled performances at the opera house following allegations of sexual harassment made by multiple women in two Associated Press stories. The opera legend indicated that he would never again perform at the Met.
Domingo had been scheduled to sing the title role in the season debut of Verdi’s Macbeth on Wednesday night, which would have been his first performance in the United States since the AP reported that numerous women had accused him of inappropriate behavior, including one soprano who said he grabbed her bare breast.
The Met had been under increasing pressure to cancel Domingo’s seven scheduled appearances, but its general manager, Peter Gelb, reiterated to performers after a dress rehearsal on Saturday that the opera house was awaiting results of investigations by the LA Opera, where Domingo has been general director since 2003, and the American Guild of Musical Artists, the union that represents various opera staff.
Domingo, who had sung in rehearsals, issued a statement saying his Met career was over after what the company said was 706 performances.
“I made my debut at the Metropolitan Opera at the age of 27 and have sung at this magnificent theater for 51 consecutive, glorious years,” the star said. “While I strongly dispute recent allegations made about me, and I am concerned about a climate in which people are condemned without due process, upon reflection, I believe that my appearance in this production of Macbeth would distract from the hard work of my colleagues both on stage and behind the scenes.
“As a result, I have asked to withdraw,” he added, “and I thank the leadership of the Met for graciously granting my request. I am happy that, at the age of 78, I was able to sing the wonderful title role in the dress rehearsal of Macbeth, which I consider my last performance on the Met stage.”
In its statement, the Met said Domingo had “agreed to withdraw from all future performances at the Met, effective immediately”.
Gelb sent an email to the Met staff on Tuesday saying: “We are grateful to him for recognizing that he needed to step down.”
Željko Lučić will replace Domingo for the three performances of Macbeth. Domingo also had been scheduled for four performances as Sharpless in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Met in November.
In addition, Gelb said the Met was suspending the tenor Vittorio Grigolo pending the outcome of an investigation opened on Tuesday by the Royal Opera in London, which said he was alleged to be involved in an 18 September incident when he sang the title role in Gounod’s Faust with the company on tour in Tokyo.
Grigolo, 42, was scheduled to sing six performances of Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata at the Met in February and March.
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Placido Domingo Will Never Again Appear at the Met
https://www.newser.com/story/280843/miffed-workers-met-opera-wont-dump-its-cash-cow.html
Opera star Placido Domingo performs during a concert in Szeged, Hungary, on Aug. 28, 2019. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Opera singer withdraws from all future performances
NEWSER) – On Friday, NPR published a story about employees at New York's Metropolitan Opera who are peeved they still have to work alongside Placido Domingo after he was accused by 20 women of sexual misconduct. On Monday evening, a new article from the outlet emerged, after it spoke to four longtime Met workers. Those employees told NPR that Peter Gelb, the opera house's general manager, held a 45-minute meeting Saturday with members of the orchestra and chorus, in advance of Wednesday's opening of Verdi's Macbeth that Domingo was to star in. The purpose of the meeting was reportedly to address why Gelb had not yet suspended Domingo, or even canned him altogether, and after the meeting it still didn't appear such action was coming. But on Tuesday, the Met announced Domingo had agreed to withdraw from all future performances, the AP reports.
Gelb's biggest beefs, per the Met workers who talked to NPR about the Saturday meeting: that Domingo's accusers remained anonymous—which isn't true, as two so far have agreed to be named—and that they went only to the AP with their stories. Because they didn't talk to any other media, Gelb felt the AP story didn't have "corroboration." Gelb wouldn't talk to NPR, but in a statement, the Met acknowledged the meeting, said that Gelb "reiterated how seriously the Met takes accusations of sexual harassment and abuse of power," and that if "corroborated evidence" came to light from probes by other opera houses or otherwise, "the Met would take prompt action." One chorus member's take: "Placido Domingo is a huge cash cow, and sometimes I feel like management cares more about money and reputation." For more on the reversal Tuesday and Domingo's withdrawal, see the AP. (Read more Placido Domingo stories.)
Plácido Domingo Leaves Met Opera Amid Sexual Harassment Inquiry
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/arts/music/placido-domingo-met-opera-harassment.html
The star singer, accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct, dropped out of Verdi’s “Macbeth” and indicated he would not return to the Met.
Placido Domingo Pulls Out of Met Performances Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
https://variety.com/2019/music/news/placido-domingo-met-opera-sexual-harassment-1203348116/
Plácido Domingo has agreed to withdraw from all future performances at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in the wake of sexual harassment allegations against him made by multiple women, The Associated Press reports.
The singer, 78, had been scheduled to sing the title role in the season debut of Verdi’s “Macbeth” on Wednesday, which would have been his first performance in the United States since news of the allegations broke.
The company says in a statement “The Met and Mr. Domingo are in agreement that he needed to step down.”
He had sung in rehearsals, and the Met had said as recently as yesterday that he was scheduled to perform Wednesday.
The Los Angeles Opera, where the singer has been General Director since 2003, is conducting an investigation into his conduct.
“We believe all employees and artists should be treated respectfully and feel safe and secure within their work environment. LA Opera has robust human resources policies and procedures in place. In accordance with those policies, LA Opera will engage outside counsel to investigate the concerning allegations about Plácido Domingo,” the opera said in a statement last month.
A total of 20 women have come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against the singer according to reports in the AP.
The women accuse Domingo of unwanted touching, persistent requests for private meetings, late-night phone calls and unexpected attempts to kiss them, according to the article.
A spokesperson for Domingo disputed the allegations to the AP but provided no specifics.
“The ongoing campaign by the AP to denigrate Placido Domingo is not only inaccurate but unethical. These new claims are riddled with inconsistencies and, as with the first story, in many ways, simply incorrect,” spokeswoman Nancy Seltzer said. “Due to an ongoing investigation, we will not comment on specifics, but we strongly dispute the misleading picture that the AP is attempting to paint of Mr. Domingo.”