Verona Arena orchestra says Placido Domingo 'flopped'

(ANSA) - ROME, AUG 30 - A trade union acting for the Verona Arena orchestra on Tuesday accused Spanish super tenor and opera conductor Placido Domingo of presiding over two flops in singing in Aida and La Traviata at the ancient Roman amphitheatre and iconic music venue on August 25 and 26.
    SLC CGIL further accused the 81-year-old Domingo of a "mediocre" performance in conducting Turandot the following night.
    "In Turandot," the CGIL wrote to Arena Foundation, "all the orchestra players felt abandoned to their own devices, risking on more than one occasion to all fall on their faces.
    "At the end there was a protest from the orchestra which, aware of the mediocrity of the show, refused to stand up at the gesture of the conductor".
    Spaniard Domingo, who faces multiple sexual harassment allegations from female former colleagues dating back to 2019, is one of the world's greatest tenors and was part of the Three Tenors with countryman José Carreras and the late Italian superstar tenor Luciano Pavarotti. (ANSA).