Conductor demands millions from Opera New York

Conductor demands millions from Opera New York

World March 17, 2018 07:00

new york - Former conductor James Levine of The Metropolitan Opera in New York has filed a compensation claim of $ 5.8 million (4.7 million euros) with his former employer. He says the accusations against him of sexual abuse of underage boys are wrong.

Levine was discharged earlier this week. According to Levine, the accusations have cost him his job and reputation. The conductor (74) retired in 2016 as a conductor but was still active as artistic director of a program for young musicians.

He had a contract with the opera until 2026 that would give him another $ 400,000 (€ 325,000) per year and a further € 27,000 (€ 22,000) per strike.

In December it became known that the world-famous opera conductor would have abused a minor boy for years. Later, more accusations of sexual harassment came between 1960 and 1980. Levine was forty years at the Metropolitan Opera, in which he conducted 2500 performances.

A lawyer in the service of the opera house responded in the newspaper The New York Times that the claim of Levine is full of inaccuracies. ''

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