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By Jacob Stockinger
It started in Hollywood, quickly spread to politics and Washington, D.C., as well as to journalism and to radio and television.
Now accusations of sexual harassment, sexual abuse and sexual discrimination are focusing on classical music.
Perhaps the most visible case so far is one that focuses on James Levine (below), the former longtime artistic director and conductor of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, who just this past weekend conducted a live broadcast performance of the Requiem by Verdi, which was dedicated to the recently deceased Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
Levine is accused of abusing an underage teenager while he was at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago, and the Met says it will investigate that allegation.
Through Google, you can find many reports about the situation.
Here is a link to a comprehensive story in The Washington Post:
UPDATE: Amid more allegations of sexual abuse, James Levine, 74, has been suspended by the Metropolitan Opera. Here’s a link to a detailed story in The New York Times:
But Levine is not likely to be alone.
According to a new study in the United Kingdom, it now looks that many more individuals and groups will be involved since sexual harassment and sexual discrimination were found to be “rampant.”
Here is a link to the story in The Independent:
What do you think about the many current scandals and wave of allegations as they pertain to classical music or to your own experience in the field of music, either performance or education?
The Ear wants to hear.
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The simple answer is, show me a copy of the police report they filed in & around the date of the crime. Otherwise, it is just a money grab in many cases.
Comment by Fred Mathias Michel — January 4, 2021 @ 3:50 pm
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Pingback by Classical music: Acclaimed conductor Charles Dutoit cancels concerts and loses orchestra affiliations amid allegations of sexual assault | The Well-Tempered Ear — December 23, 2017 @ 12:00 am
Whatever happened to due process?
Comment by tom — December 4, 2017 @ 6:35 am
I AM GROWING MIGHTY WEARY OF ALL THESE INDIVIDUALS COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER THE FACT WITH THEIR ENTIRELY UNSUBSTANTIATED ALLEGATIONS…
…ENOUGH !!!!!
Comment by Terry Baer — December 4, 2017 @ 4:18 am