NEW YORK: James Levine, the influential conductor of New York’s Metropolitan Opera who was ousted in disgrace over sexual abuse accusations, has died, his doctor said Wednesday. He was 77 years old.
Levine’s doctor Len Horovitz told AFP the one-time classical music world luminary “died March 9 in Palm Springs of natural causes,” confirming news first reported in The New York Times.
The Met Opera sacked its maestro of four decades in March 2018 after finding “credible evidence” that he sexually abused younger musicians.
Levine was one of the most prominent artists to see his career ended in the #MeToo era, a moment of reckoning especially in the world of…
