Editing Metropolitan Opera (section)

====James Levine controversy====
In response to a December 2017 news article, the Met announced that it would investigate Levine with regard to [[sexual abuse]] allegations dating back to the 1980s.  The company suspended its ties with Levine, and canceled all upcoming engagements with him.<ref name="nytimes_20171202">{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/arts/music/james-levine-sexual-misconduct-met-opera.html| title=Met Opera to Investigate James Levine Over Sexual Abuse Accusation| journal=The New York Times| date=December 2, 2017| access-date=December 2, 2017| first=Michael| last=Cooper| archive-date=December 3, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203222721/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/02/arts/music/james-levine-sexual-misconduct-met-opera.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/arts/music/james-levine-met-opera.html| title=Met Opera Suspends James Levine After New Sexual Abuse Accusations| first=Michael| last=Cooper| date=December 3, 2017| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=December 3, 2017| archive-date=May 16, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516011314/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/03/arts/music/james-levine-met-opera.html| url-status=live}}</ref> Gelb had been contacted directly by a police detective in October 2016 about allegations of sexual abuse of a minor by Levine, had been aware of the accuser's abuse allegations since they were made in a 2016 police report and of the attendant police investigation, but did not suspend Levine or launch an investigation until over a year later.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/metropolitan-opera-to-investigate-james-levine-over-sexual-abuse-allegations/2017/12/03/e8820982-d842-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html| title=Metropolitan Opera suspends James Levine over sexual abuse allegations| first=Anne| last=Midgette| date=December 3, 2017| newspaper=The Washington Post| access-date=December 5, 2017| archive-date=December 4, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204233407/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/metropolitan-opera-to-investigate-james-levine-over-sexual-abuse-allegations/2017/12/03/e8820982-d842-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/arts/music/james-levine-met-opera.html| title=Met Opera Reels as Fourth Man Accuses James Levine of Sexual Abuse| first=Michael| last=Cooper| newspaper=The New York Times| date=December 3, 2017| access-date=December 5, 2017| archive-date=December 5, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205093147/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/arts/music/james-levine-met-opera.html| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/met-opera-suspends-james-levine-molestation-claims-article-1.3675177| title=Met Opera suspends James Levine after sex abuse claims dating back to 1960s| first1=Nicole| last1=Hensley| first2=Stephen Rex| last2=Brown| date=December 4, 2017| newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]| access-date=January 18, 2018| archive-date=January 29, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129120648/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/met-opera-suspends-james-levine-molestation-claims-article-1.3675177| url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the investigations in March 2018, the Met stated that there was conclusive evidence for "sexually abusive and harassing conduct" by Levine. On March 12, 2018, the company announced the full termination of its relationship with Levine, including the rescinding of his title of music director emeritus and dismissal of him as artistic director of its young artists program.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/arts/music/james-levine-metropolitan-opera.html | title=James Levine's Final Act at the Met Ends in Disgrace | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=March 12, 2018 | access-date=March 24, 2018 | archive-date=March 23, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323182831/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/arts/music/james-levine-metropolitan-opera.html | url-status=live }}</ref> On March 15, 2018, Levine filed suit against the company with the New York State Supreme Court, for breach of contract and defamation, and continued to deny the allegations.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-james-levine.html | title=James Levine, Fired Over Abuse Allegations, Sues the Met Opera | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=March 15, 2018 | access-date=March 24, 2018 | archive-date=March 21, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321161434/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/15/arts/music/metropolitan-opera-james-levine.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In response to the suit, the company has stated:<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/arts/music/james-levine-peter-gelb-metropolitan-opera.html | title=James Levine, a Fractured Partnership and a Met Opera Lawsuit | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=March 16, 2018 | access-date=March 24, 2018 | archive-date=March 21, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321161249/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/arts/music/james-levine-peter-gelb-metropolitan-opera.html | url-status=live }}</ref> "It is shocking that Mr. Levine has refused to accept responsibility for his actions, and has today instead decided to lash out at the Met with a suit riddled with untruths." On August 7, 2019, ''The New York Times'' reported that the Metropolitan Opera and Levine both privately settled their lawsuits. Continuing with the lawsuits "could have put into the public record more details of accusations..."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/06/arts/music/james-levine-metropolitan-opera.html | title=James Levine and Met Opera Settle Suit Over Sexual Misconduct Firing | work=The New York Times | author=Michael Cooper | date=2019-08-06 | access-date=2025-02-26}}</ref>