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| re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! | |
| Posted by: ryhog 11:35 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! - Michael_Portantiere 11:08 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
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| He should have, but I suspect he felt abandoned by them since I do not recall anything but crickets when he was suspended and then fired. (I don't know.) I also suspect that leaving the money to her was in reaction to her (a) not abandoning him and (b) providing him with cover for years. | |
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| re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 11:37 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! - ryhog 11:35 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
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| "....providing him with cover for years." Such as it was. Kind of like that unseen character in AVENUE Q, the girlfriend who lives in Canada. |
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| re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! | |
| Posted by: ryhog 12:02 pm EDT 03/19/21 | |
| In reply to: re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! - Michael_Portantiere 11:37 am EDT 03/19/21 | |
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| haha yes. It did provide cover. I think we often underestimate the extent to which the general public is oblivious about "things." |
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| re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 01:05 am EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! - ryhog 12:02 pm EDT 03/19/21 | |
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| ****It did provide cover. I think we often underestimate the extent to which the general public is oblivious about "things."**** I know what you mean, but in this case, any "cover" that existed seemed to me practically non-existent. Levine didn't do very many interviews, and as far as I can remember, he hardly ever mentioned having a girlfriend, not do I remember seeing many (or any) photographs of them together. Of course, I may have just missed all of that..... |
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| re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! | |
| Posted by: PlayWiz 02:57 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! - Michael_Portantiere 01:05 am EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| From what I was told by someone in the opera business, after some of these payments made by the Met for his illicit acts and arrests, Levine's life mostly was confined in a way to being shuttled between his apartment and the opera house, or in other cities in the U.S at least, between where he was living and where he was conducting. You didn't read much about him in the media at social events (other than the Met's special events), his views on much other than music, his personal life (other than his preparing for his upcoming engagements), etc. He was very focused on preparing his operas, rehearsing and conducting opera. His other interest was gossiped about for years, sometimes quite openly by audience members at the opera house, but it took decades before management did anything about it publicly to stop the abuse. | |
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| re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! | |
| Posted by: ryhog 06:09 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! - PlayWiz 02:57 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| He did mentioned her, and they did appear together at times (I say this from what I read about the marriage, not from personal recollection) but I also think, as I said above, that we underestimate the assumption of "regularity" that most people make about people. (There are of course tons of film stars [and politicians, etc] who were just assumed to be straight by the general population, even though "we" knew better.) Regarding those latter years, I think his health was a big factor in his seeming "reclusiveness." I would like to think that he was suffering in the shame that he had brought upon himself but I suspect that's wishful thinking. | |
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| re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 06:18 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! - ryhog 06:09 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| I am a little confused. I read somewhere they Levine and the woman in question were only VERY recently married, and before that she was just presented as a girlfriend or maybe a common-law partner. Is that incorrect? | |
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| re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! | |
| Posted by: ryhog 07:08 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
| In reply to: re: You will have to take it up with his WIFE! - Michael_Portantiere 06:18 pm EDT 03/21/21 | |
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| What I recall reading was that she was in fact his roommate. I do not recall reading that he presented her as anything except perhaps by implication. If he did, I am not challenging that because everything I know on this subject is from one article that I read quickly. All I can say beyond that is that I would be embarrassed to be her, but I realize she had a nice payday for what she did. | |
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