| 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. |
