Iceta confirms that Culture canceled performances by Plácido Domingo for his “unacceptable habits”


The tenor’s veto occurred along with his predecessor in workplace José Manuel Uribes The singer might have averted the veto with contracts via foundations The singer returned to the Spanish phases in 2021

The Minister of Culture and Sports, Miquel Iceta, has acknowledged that his Ministry vetoed the hiring of the tenor Plácido Domingo in occasions financed by Culture as a result of his “unacceptable behaviour”.

“That occurred earlier than I arrived, however since (Domingo) admitted his unacceptable habits, the Ministry of Culture canceled a few of his performances,” stated Iceta, who has been cautious since “if there isn’t any sentence, it’s a must to watch out “, however insists that” because the singer himself admitted…nicely, that was performed”, Iceta argued in an interview on Onda Cero.

Did Plácido Domingo get round that veto?

The minister has not dominated on the chance that Plácido Domingo has been in a position to circumvent that veto via foundations and corporations which have employed him middleman, as printed right this moment by El Diario.

The tenor might have acquired 100,000 euros for the ‘Nabucco’, represented on the Palau de les Arts in Valencia when the accusations of harassment within the United States have been already recognized.

The scandals of Plácido Domingo

Between August 13 and September 5, 2019, the Associated Press (AP) company printed the testimony of greater than twenty ladies who claimed to have been sexually harassed by Plácido Domingo, from the late Eighties to the early Eighties. 2000.

Some of them stated that their profession was affected after rejecting his advances. They weren’t employed once more within the productions of the Spanish tenor. Only two of the victims and several other witnesses got here ahead. The relaxation have remained nameless, though their testimonies have been printed by the US company.

The Los Angeles Opera thought-about in March 2020 “credible” the allegations of alleged sexual harassment in opposition to Plácido Domingo after analyzing greater than 500,000 paperwork and 44 interviews, two of which have been performed with alleged victims.

The tenor went from denying to ending by asking for forgiveness. But the cancellations within the United States, similar to these of the San Francisco Opera and the Dallas Opera or the resignation of the tenor as normal director of the Los Angeles Opera, contrasts with the complete home in lots of the operas and theaters in Europe.