text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Shao Ziheng
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The 79-year-old tenor singer Plácido Domingo issued a statement to the "Times" on Monday night, expressing his response to the accusation. Many women he sexually harassed apologized. He will resign in October as general manager of the Los Angeles Opera, which he founded.
Domingo, together with the late Italian tenor Pavarotti and Spanish tenor Jose Carreras , are known as the world's three major tenors and enjoy a high reputation in the world music scene.
Beginning in August last year, the Associated Press reported that multiple female singers and dancers had made sexual harassment accusations against Domingo. It is said that since the late 1980s, they have been sexually harassed by Domingo many times, which is an "open secret" in the opera world.
This incident caused an uproar, and Domingo's career was also greatly affected. The Philadelphia Orchestra Association and the San Francisco Opera announced that they had canceled their invitations to perform for Domingo.
Domingo said in the statement: "Over the past few months, I have spent some time reflecting on the accusations made against me by past colleagues. It is respectable that they spoke out about their true feelings, and I also I want to tell them that I am deeply sorry for the hurt I have caused them. I will take full responsibility for my actions and it will also help me learn more. I now understand that some women may be worried about their true expression It will affect my career. That is not my true intention, and I never want to give people that feeling."
