Two of the scheduled appearances by Placido Domingo (79), in Madrid, by the ministry of Culture and tourism in Spain, will be cancelled, please notify The Local on Wednesday. This announcement follows a day after the sexual assault, accused an opera singer publicly apologized and has expressed to the women involved.
It’s going to be in the show, Luisa Fernanda, is an opera in which Domingo would have been on the 14th and 15th of may, 2020. The ministry of Culture, the performances are no longer appropriate now that the singer has been accused of inappropriate sexual conduct, and “has undertaken, in solidarity with the affected women, decided that the action will be cancelled.
this is the first time that a performance of Domingo in his native country it is called off. Before went to the opera singer in all of the scheduled performances of the Metropolitan Opera house in New York city, and he took a job with the Los Angeles Opera.
The case against Domingo was in september 2019, with the roles when the AP reported that several women have said for years to be taken up by the tenor, an opera singer. He might be the victims, often at the very beginning of their career, are forced to have sex with him, to be carried out, and it would have threatened their careers destroyed if they refused.
the Singer is taking “full responsibility”
The singer left Tuesday by the AP to know the “full responsibility” for the charges brought against him. Domingo agreed with this statement before the outcome of the investigation, which was commissioned by the American Guild of Musical Artists, which opera it represents is officially out, it is put to.
“I understand, now, that the women were afraid to honestly speak out, because they were concerned about the impact on their careers. Although it is not my intention has been, no one would be ever so helpful,” says the singer.
Domingo has been famous the world over as a part of the band, The Three Tenors, which he was, with Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras. He is playing since the late fifties, in the world, and has won dozens of major awards. He had, in addition to his classical repertoire and a big hit with the song, Perhaps of Love, along with singer John Denver.
