‘The Three Tenors’ opera star Placido Domingo faces new sexual harassment claims from Spanish singer
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Plácido Domingo is facing fresh allegations of sexual harassment when the singer claims he asked her to put her hands in his pants pockets after being warned never to get into an elevator alone with him.
- The ‘Three Tenors’ icon has been accused of sexually harassing a singer
- Plácido Domingo has denied wrongdoing following previous accusations
- The victim claims she did not speak at the time because the singer was ‘untouchable’
Spanish opera star Plácido Domingo faced new allegations of sexual harassment from a fellow singer in an interview broadcast on Sunday.
An unidentified singer spoke on the Spanish television channel La Sexta, claiming that Domingo asked to play her at a theater in Spain in the early 2000s.
This comes three years after initial complaints from the alleged victims prompted an apology and curtailed the career of the Spanish-born “Three Tenors” singer, who has not admitted any wrongdoing.
“One of the first things they tell you is not to get on the elevator alone with Plácido Domingo,” said the woman.
Spanish opera singer Plácido Domingo performs during the Joseph Calleja 25th anniversary concert at Fort Manoel on Manoel Island in Valletta’s Marsamxett harbor in Malta in 2022
The anonymous singer told how Plácido Domingo, whose birth name is José Plácido Domingo Embil, asked her to play it after a rehearsal.
‘The first time I felt discomfort was when we were rehearsing.
‘He [Plácido] He said to me in front of everyone, “Listen, can I put my hand in one of these beautiful pockets of yours?”
“He was wearing pants with an embroidered back pocket,” he said.
‘I had a bad stomach because I thought, ‘what can I tell [Domingo] to continue normally?”
“If I say no, there will be consequences and if I say yes, I don’t even want to think about it.”
The Spanish singer said she did not denounce Domingo because she feared he was ‘untouchable’.
Domingo is one of the most successful contemporary opera singers as one third of The Three Tenors, active during the 1990s and 2000s, with Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras.
The Three Tenors’ first live album became the best-selling classical album of all time in 1990.
The Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo has not admitted any crime after the accusations
In a 2020 investigation by the American Musical Artists Union (AGMA), more than three dozen singers, dancers, musicians, voice teachers and backstage personnel said they had witnessed or experienced inappropriate behavior by Domingo.
The investigation concluded that he had behaved inappropriately.
Plácido Domingo said in a statement then that he was “truly sorry” for the damage caused.
Some institutions chose to distance themselves from the opera singer after the investigation, although Domingo still hopes to tour this year.
No criminal case was filed in court for any of the claims.
In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo in January 2022, Domingo denied harassing anyone, saying he felt he had been convicted in the court of public opinion because he did not speak up.
AGMA’s investigation was biased and lacking in hard facts, he said.
Domingo returned to Spain to perform at a benefit concert in June after an absence of nearly a year and a half, and has performed in other countries ever since.