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FILE - In this July 7, 2006 file photo, Boston Symphony Orchestra music director James Levine conducts the symphony on its opening night performance at Tanglewood in Lenox., Mass. New York's Metropolitan Opera says it will investigate allegations that its longtime conductor, Levine, sexually abused a teenager in the mid-1980s. Details of the police report were first reported Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, on the New York Post website. Levine, 74, stepped down as music director of the Met in April 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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FILE - In this Jan. 25 2013 file photo, Peter Gelb, the general manager of the Metropolitan Opera speaks to the audience at the start of the final dress rehearsal of Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The Metropolitan Opera canceled next year's production of Verdi's "La Forza del Destino," Gelb said the decision was made several months ago and will save about $1 million. He wanted to make the announcement ahead of the release of next season's schedule next month, (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

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This image released by The Metropolitan Opera shows British baritone Simon Keenlyside during a performance of Mozart's “Don Giovanni.” (Marty Sohl/The Metropolitan Opera via AP)

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In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, Vittorio Grigolo plays Rodolfo with Kristine Opolais as Mimi in the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD broadcast of Puccini's "La Boheme," Saturday, April 5, 2014 in New York. Opolais made Metropolitan Opera history Saturday, stepping in for an ailing soprano to make her second company role debut in a span of 24 hours. On Friday night, Opolais sang Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl)

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In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, Kristine Opolais gets her hair and makeup done in preparation for the Met's Live in HD broadcast of "La Boheme" with Howard Watkins of the Met music staff, right, and members of the company's hair and makeup department, Saturday, April 5, 2014 in New York. Opolais made Metropolitan Opera history Saturday, stepping in for an ailing soprano to make her second company role debut in a span of 24 hours. On Friday night, Opolais sang Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl)

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In this photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, Vittorio Grigolo portrays Rodolfo with Kristine Opolais as Mimi in the Metropolitan Opera's Live in HD broadcast of Puccini's "La Boheme," Saturday, April 5, 2014 in New York. Opolais made Metropolitan Opera history Saturday, stepping in for an ailing soprano to make her second company role debut in a span of 24 hours. On Friday night, Opolais sang Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl)

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In this Jan. 29, 2014 photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera in New York, Stefan Kocán, left, as Khan Konchak, and Ildar Abdrazakov, right, as Prince Igor, perform in a field of red poppies in New York. Now, 97 years after it last staged “Prince Igor,” the Metropolitan Opera has mounted a spectacular new production by director Dmitri Tcherniakov. It will be broadcast live in HD to movie theaters around the world, Saturday, March 1. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Cory Weaver)

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FILE - This May 19, 2013 file photo shows Metropolitan Opera Music Director James Levine leading the MET Orchestra in a concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. Levine will resume a full schedule of six stagings at the Metropolitan Opera next season, conducting on opening night for the first time since 2010 following his recovery from a back injury that caused a two-year layoff. (AP Photo/Metropolitan Opera, Marty Sohl, file)