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Sometimes he jammed a knife in her gut.
Like the princes and warriors and demigods he gave voice, he believed himself to be supreme and sincere.
And nobody told him otherwise.
In light of that hostility, Domingo withdrew fromMacbethand all future performances.
General manager Peter Gelb issued a breezysee ya.
If only it were that easy.
Just weeks ago, the Met settled a dispute with its disgraced former musical chieftain James Levine.
Now the company faces a reckoning of its own.
Most opera pros have no trouble distinguishing the blood-soaked exploits of fictional characters from the rigors of their art.
Thats especially true because a career in opera can be brutal on families.
Society has changed, and the Met is limping to keep up.
The Domingo protest makes it clear thats not enough to restore harmony within and trust without.
Those same powers of unobservation applied to Domingo, too.
Hours before the divorce, Gelb was still claiming that the multiple accusations were not corroborated.
Theres more at stake here than Gelbs leadership or Domingos reputation.
More than most forms of culture, it depends on the publics good will.
