James Levine Suspended by The Met

[BBMmk2]

If they are planning to airbrush Levine from the Met's history.....they're going to need a VERY big brush!

How can they eliminate one of the most successful Directors?

[Conchis]

How can they eliminate one of the most successful Directors?

Credibly, they can't. But I suppose they can work out a strategy for referring to his (very successful and LONG) era wihout making reference to the M.D.

I would imagine it would be possible to remove shots of Levine from Met video broadcasts, though I suppose they'll still have to credit him (in very small lettering).

[Conchis]

Apparently, Levine still won't be facing any criminal charges.


THIS struck me as a bit rich, coming from Lebrecht:

http://slippedisc.com/2017/12/james-levine-a-note-of-caution/

[BBMmk2]

Apparently, Levine still won't be facing any criminal charges.


THIS struck me as a bit rich, coming from Lebrecht:

http://slippedisc.com/2017/12/james-...te-of-caution/

So what is going on, true or rumour?

[Richard Barrett]

THIS struck me as a bit rich, coming from Lebrecht

- "there is a duty on journalists to stick to the facts, the whole facts and nothing but the facts"

[ahinton]

Credibly, they can't. But I suppose they can work out a strategy for referring to his (very successful and LONG) era wihout making reference to the M.D.

I would imagine it would be possible to remove shots of Levine from Met video broadcasts, though I suppose they'll still have to credit him (in very small lettering).

Well, indeed, yet I wonder to what extent this might backfire in a similar way to the daft idea put forward a while back to decline to announce the name of Charles Dutoit when broacasting any recordings conducted by him - daft because listeners would immediately know that any orchestral broadcast where the conductor's name is omitted must have been conducted by him...omitted

[Beef Oven!]

Am I the only one that is depressed by all this? From Radio DJs, through sports commentators and coaches to high-art artists. Just what was going on around me when I was growing up? A rather narcissistic perspective I know, but full sympathy for the victims, it's just that I find it really gets me down and I want to bury my head in the sand.

[Conchis]

Well, indeed, yet I wonder to what extent this might backfire in a similar way to the daft idea put forward a while back to decline to announce the name of Charles Dutoit when broacasting any recordings conducted by him - daft because listeners would immediately know that any orchestral broadcast where the conductor's name is omitted must have been conducted by him...omitted

That's a crazy idea. Better just not to play Dutoit recordings at all (there are plenty of alternatives). A shame if his collaborators have to miss out on royalties, therefore!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Am I the only one that is depressed by all this? From Radio DJs, through sports commentators and coaches to high-art artists. Just what was going on around me when I was growing up? A rather narcissistic perspective I know, but full sympathy for the victims, it's just that I find it really gets me down and I want to bury my head in the sand.

No, you're not - the behaviour of these over-indulged predators is sickening, and the number of names whose work I'd respected (at the very least) appearing is in the fullest sense of the word, depressing. I can only hope that all such criminal acts are brought to legal punishment, and that in the future, respect for a person's work is never allowed to fester to the extent that such acts are condoned and covered up.

A bad business - but it's sort-of encouraging that we're living at a time when a stand is being taken against this sort of behaviour. An improvement in itself, and one that I have to hope will lead to better protection, behaviour, and attitudes.

[BBMmk2]

No, you're not - the behaviour of these over-indulged predators is sickening, and the number of names whose work I'd respected (at the very least) appearing is in the fullest sense of the word, depressing. I can only hope that all such criminal acts are brought to legal punishment, and that in the future, respect for a person's work is never allowed to fester to the extent that such acts are condoned and covered up.

A bad business - but it's sort-of encouraging that we're living at a time when a stand is being taken against this sort of behaviour. An improvement in itself, and one that I have to hope will lead to better protection, behaviour, and attitudes.

Very much agree with you Ferney and Beefy. I doubt whether their legacy be appreciated in the same light and why should it. Our focus should be on those poor victims.

[subcontrabass]

Now dismissed: https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...opolitan-opera

[Conchis]

Now dismissed: https://www.theguardian.com/music/20...opolitan-opera

Does this mean that he will now be prosecuted?

[DracoM]

Article suggests that prosecutions look unlikely.

[Conchis]

Looks like he's not planning on going quietly:

http://slippedisc.com/2018/03/what-james-levine-wants/

[Nick Armstrong]

Looks like he's not planning on going quietly

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/03/16/arts/music/document-James-Levine-Met-Opera-Complaint.html