The Metropolitan Opera’s general manager Peter Gelb has stated that Plácido Domingo will continue to perform with the organization as previously scheduled.

Per a report from NPR, the manager spoke to members of the chorus and orchestra about allegations against Domingo and noted that he decided to keep Domingo’s performance on the schedule because he did not feel that the allegations made against him by 20 women were substantiated.

Per the report, Gelb’s reasoning is multi-faceted. First off, the women only went to the Associated Press and not other credible news outlets (the New York Times was cited by Gelb, where as NPR notes, Gelb’s father was once managing editor). Furthermore, because no other news outlet reported or investigated on the allegations, Gelb felt that the Associated Press reports were not “corroborated.” Finally, he felt that the anonymity of the women diminished the “veracity” of their respective testimonies.

Gelb also stated that a makeup artist had denied Angela Turner Wilson’s account of Domingo groping her; per NPR, that makeup artist had no recollection of the incident and did not want to comment further on the incident.

The Met’s press statement regarding Gelb’s statements is as follows: “On Saturday Sept. 21, after the dress rehearsal of ‘Macbeth,’ Peter Gelb held an open conversation with members of the Orchestra and Chorus as he has done with other groups within the Met over recent weeks. In the meeting Mr. Gelb reiterated how seriously the Met takes accusations of sexual harassment and abuse of power. He explained that because there was currently no corroborated evidence against Mr. Domingo the Met believed that the fair and correct thing to do was to wait until the investigations by LA Opera and AGMA had taken place. He explained that if corroborated evidence is made public either through the investigations or other means, the Met would take prompt action.”

Domingo takes the stage of the Metropolitan Opera on Wednesday for “Macbeth.”

Gelb is the latest in a series of major general directors and managers to stand with Domingo. The Salzburg Festival’s Helga Rabl-Stadler, Seattle Opera’s Christina Scheppelmann, and the Vienna State Opera’s Dominique Meyer are among those to defend Domingo.