9 women from the opera world accuse Placido Domingo of harassment

The Spanish tenor, Plácido Domingo, has been accused of badual harbadment by nine women, in testimony published on Tuesday, August 13 by the Associated Press.

This is one of the most important figures in the history of opera and responded with a statement explaining that "The rules and values ​​with which we measure ourselves today, and we must measure ourselves, are very different from those of the past."

"I thought all my interactions and relationships were always welcome and consensual. People who know me or have worked with me know that I am not someone who would intentionally harm, offend or embarrbad anyone ", badured. "The accusations of these anonymous people going back thirty years are deeply disturbing and, as they are presented, inaccurate"he warns. "Still, it is painful to hear that I could have bothered someone or put him at ease, no matter how long ago and despite my best intentions."

Of the 9 testimonies published by AP, only one is identified with the name, it is the mezzo-soprano Patricia Wulf Others prefer to remain anonymous because they are still working in the opera world and fear retaliation.

AP specifies that There is no evidence support the charges (none of the women could offer documentation or telephone messages to verify the facts).

These women claim that Domingo was pressuring them to have bad. "Punished" in the workplace if he felt rejected.

There are 8 singers and one dancer who said that the tenor had harbaded AP, in meetings that would have taken place for 3 decades from the late 80s, in places such as the Washington Opera, the Opera from Los Angeles and other famous theaters.

One of them accuses Domingo of having put his hand under his skirt and three others accuse him of having kissed them without consent.

"It was supposedly a business lunch. But it's strange when someone gets their hands on your knee in such a meeting. I have always touched you in a certain way and I have tried to kiss him, one of them noticed.

In addition to these 9 testimonies, another dozen women spoke to AP about "obvious suggestions" from Sunday "They were very uncomfortable."

Three other dozens of professionals – dancers, orchestra musicians and singing teachers – told the agency that they had witnessed Domingo's inappropriate badual behavior and persecuted young women with impunity.

7 out of 9 complainants felt that their careers were affected by the rejection of Sunday's proposals, and 2 of the women said they accepted their proposals because They felt that they could not say no to the most powerful man in the environment.