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December 3, 2017  · Shared with Public
We are suspending our relationship with James Levine, pending an investigation, following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct by Mr. Levine that took place from the 1960's to the 1980's, including the earlier part of his conducting career at the Met. Mr. Levine will not be involved in any Met activities, including conducting scheduled performances at the Met this season. "While we await the results of the investigation, based on these new news reports, the Met has made the decision to act now," said Peter Gelb, Met General Manager, whose actions are fully supported by the leadership of the Met Board and its Executive Committee. "This is a tragedy for anyone whose life has been affected."
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Greg Drilling
The other tragedy almost as despicable as Levine’s actions is the fact that it took you — The Metropolitan Opera — this long to take action. To pretend as if you’re just hearing of these accusations is an insult to the intelligence of everyone who supp…
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John Walker
Only took you, what, 35 years? I certainly heard about him in the early 80s - PRETTY sure you knew, too.
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Scott Greenspan
I am a patron member of the Met. For me it is insufficient to merely get rid of Mr. Levine.
Every single executive and board member who knew about his sexual abuse of children and/or paid or authorized settlements to make it go away Or allowed him t…
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Spence Halperin
The Met is doing the right thing, but I think the organization needs to come clean about all the abuse they knew about and ignored, or worse, covered up, over the years.
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MJ Booker
FINALLY! We need to start celebrating great musicians who have NOT been the aggressors of sexual misconduct and stop excusing the actions of those who have just because they are good at their craft. There's plenty of great musicians who don't do this shit 😭
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Gerard Chiusano
This has been an open secret for so many years. Why is it acted upon only now? Because now there was finally a public airing in the media?
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Richard Reissig
This is terrible news for the entire music world. As an active, then retired musician with the Met Orchestra, I was aware of rumors regarding Levine's behavior. The Met has done the right thing in suspending Levine. A remarkable career has come to an i…
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Andy Simmons
FINALLY! This behavior of Levine's has been known for YEARS (30+ for me) and kept hushed up because everyone thought he was so "great" that it didn't matter. Well guess what? It has always mattered to me and overshadowed by a huge factor any suppose…
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Caitlin Fuchs-Rosner
You knew and did nothing. You are only taking action now because all you guys care about is your own reputation, not the suffering of your victims (and yes, if you knew, you were complicit and they are your victims, too)
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Tom Forde
When will we be suspending all of the Met administration that knew about this and did NOTHING? Time for Peter Gelb to go...time for all of them to go. Elitist people saving the worst people on this planet. ENOUGH with you ALL.
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