{"id":489023,"date":"2019-08-13T16:18:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T22:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=871328"},"modified":"2019-08-13T16:18:16","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T22:18:16","slug":"opera-legend-placido-domingo-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-multiple-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/opera-legend-placido-domingo-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-multiple-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera Legend Placido Domingo Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Spanish opera<\/a> singer and conductor Placido Domingo has been accused of sexual harassment<\/a> by nine women, The Associated Press<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

Nine women \u2014 eight singers and a dancer \u2014 came forward with allegations against Domingo that dated back to the early Eighties. Three of them spoke of forced kisses, while one claimed that Domingo forced his hand down her skirt. The AP<\/em> said they corroborated the stories of the nine accusers after speaking to close colleagues and friends. Reporters also spoke to almost three dozen other people in the opera world who said they\u2019d seen Domingo engaging in \u201cinappropriate sexually tinged behavior\u201d and that \u201che pursued younger women with impunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cA business lunch is not strange,\u201d one of the singers said.<\/em> \u201cSomebody trying to hold your hand during a business lunch is strange \u2014 or putting their hand on your knee is a little strange. He was always touching you in some way, and always kissing you.\u201d<\/p>\n

One woman said she gave in to Domingo\u2019s advances and had sex with him, fearing that rejecting the most powerful man in opera would jeopardize her career. She claimed that after one of their encounters, Domingo left for a performance, put $10 on the dresser and said, \u201cI don\u2019t want you to feel like a prostitute, but I also don\u2019t want you to have to pay to park.\u201d<\/p>\n

Only one of the nine women, Patricia Wulf, the retired mezzo-soprano, allowed her name to be used in the story, as the other accusers \u2014 many of whom still work in the industry \u2014 feared retaliation or public humiliation and harassment. Wulf claimed that Domingo would frequently wait in the wings for her and, after she came off stage, ask her, \u201cPatricia, do you have to go home tonight?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAbsolutely and most certainly, that was sexual harassment,\u201d Wulf said. \u201cWhen a man steps that close to you and with a wry smile asks if I have to go home \u2014 repeatedly \u2014 I can come up with no other conclusion than him wanting to bed me. Especially given his reputation for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Opera, where Domingo has served as the general director since 2003, issued a statement<\/a> saying they will investigate the misconduct allegations.<\/p>\n

\u201cLA Opera will engage outside counsel to investigate the concerning allegations about Placido Domingo,\u201d the statement read. The opera house also insisted they are \u201ccommitted to doing everything we can to foster a professional and collaborative environment where all our employees and artists feel equally comfortable, valued and respected.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Official Statement from LA Opera: pic.twitter.com\/dJD1o0l6kr<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 LA Opera (@LAOpera) August 13, 2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Domingo is set to perform in productions of Macbeth<\/em> and Madama Butterfly<\/em> at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City next month, but the opera house said it is waiting on the results of the investigation in Los Angeles to take any action. The Philadelphia Orchestra Association, however, has already rescinded their offer to have Domingo sing at their opening night on September 18th.<\/p>\n

Domingo, who has been married to Mexican opera singer Marta Domingo since 1962, responded to the allegations in a statement shared with the AP<\/em>. \u201cThe allegations from these unnamed individuals dating back as many as thirty years are deeply troubling, and as presented, inaccurate,\u201d he said. \u201cStill, it is painful to hear that I may have upset anyone or made them feel uncomfortable \u2014 no matter how long ago and despite my best intentions. I believed that all of my interactions and relationships were always welcomed and consensual.\u201d<\/p>\n

A representative for Domingo did not immediately return Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s request for comment.<\/p>\n

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Spanish opera singer and conductor Placido Domingo has been accused of sexual harassment by nine women, The Associated Press reports. Nine women \u2014 eight singers and a dancer \u2014 came forward with allegations against Domingo that dated back to the early Eighties. Three of them spoke of forced kisses, while one claimed that Domingo forced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-489023","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 17:19:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}