KQED Arts: The San Francisco Opera has dropped a famous singer accused of sexual assault from its roster for next year.
The American star countertenor David Daniels was scheduled to play the principle character of Medoro in the company's June 2019 production of Handel's Orlando at the War Memorial Opera House.
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This is wonderful news to hear. I truly hope that this will end up as a podcast topic because there needs to be better recognition of the actions that are being taken towards people who cose to act in this manner. If people don't start seeing quick and unyielding responses to these types of issues it will only let people think that they can get away with it for some length of time. I have to commend the fact that Santa Fe acted in the way in which they did even if it made things a little hard on them as a company it was the right thing to do and they did it in a quick amount of time. That being said actions can always be taken faster. "Tiee said firing Daniels was the right thing for San Francisco Opera to do, even if the move comes months after the initial accusations emerged."
I’m glad to hear the Opera community is taking a stand against sexual harassment and assault. The only way to put a stop to this behavior is to show that there will be consequences, regardless of how famous you are. Dropping such a well known voice in the industry was quite the risk for SF Opera. I can only hope the community will rally to support the company and their choice by attending performances in the same numbers. It would really be a shame that this company should suffer because they needed to fire their star. I am also glad to hear that many people in the community are supporting the victims who have come forward. It can be very easy to victim blame in these situations, but community support means everything to staying strong. I hope that SF Opera has set an example for other companies facing similar situations. It will be a good day when harassers and assaulters can’t find work anywhere.
This article seem to present and evaluate the logic of the situation as if it was simply the right thing to do to drop the singer after the accusations came out and I think that is great. This is the first article that hasn't tried to back up it's choice with facts about how much evidence the victims had brought up, but simply say why shouldn't we believe them?, What could they possibly gain from such serious accusations?. I think it was probably a tough move to fire someone who seems to be the world's most famous Countertenor, but despite that, San Francisco Opera did what they knew was right. There are so many instances in this business where people get away with stuff just because they are talented and that standard has to be stopped. I'm glad that the San Francisco Opera is setting an example for all of us in the entertainment industry.
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