Washington National Opera to Leave Kennedy Center After 50+ Years
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Summary
The Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center after more than 50 years, citing concerns about declining attendance and donations during President Trump's second term. The move represents a significant artistic rebuke to Trump's efforts to remake the Kennedy Center in his image, following a tumultuous year of artist cancellations, empty seats, and donor retrenchment.
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abandoning the hall where it has played since 1971 in perhaps the largest artistic rebuke yet to President Trump's campaign to remake the Kennedy Center in his image
The opera company is seeking to sever its ties with the Kennedy Center after a tumultuous year in which both groups have faced cancellations by artists, empty seats and the retrenchment of donors protesting Mr. Trump's intervention
The opera, which has performed at the arts center since 1971, was concerned about declines in attendance and donations during President Trump's second term
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