US EditionThe Kennedy Center ‘Kennedy head:’ What It Must Be Thinking!
The Washington National Opera cites changes in governance and programming after Trump’s name was added, ending a 50-year residency at the Kennedy Center.
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St Louis Post-DispatchOpera bows out of Kennedy Center
WASHINGTON — The Washington National Opera has announced that it will move performances away from the Kennedy Center in another high-profile departure following President Donald Trump's takeover of the U.S. capital's leading performing arts venue.
Washington National Opera Bows out of 55-Year Residency at Kennedy Center After Trump 'Takeover'
The Washington National Opera (WNO) is taking its final bow and leaving the Trump-Kennedy Center in what one WNO director called the "takeover" of the institution by President Donald Trump. The post Washington National Opera Bows out of 55-Year Residency at Kennedy Center After Trump ‘Takeover’ appeared first on Breitbart.
The Kennedy Center now includes Trump’s name. What if it paid tribute to Eisenhower instead?
A statue of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, as seen on May 1, 2025, stands on the lawn of the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)On Dec. 18, the arts world was shocked by news that the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts had voted to change the name of the world-famous institution to The Trump-Kennedy Center, effectively immediately. The new title in full is the “Donald J. Trump a…
The Kennedy Center ‘Kennedy head:’ What it must be thinking!
Henry Lee Higginson would be aghast at an opera company leaving its opera house. But it’s true. For murky reasons the reporting has not clarified, the Washington National Opera said it would leave the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after operating there since 1971. Higginson was a Civil War brevet colonel who, after investment success, founded the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1881. You could get into a performance for 25¢. By 190…
The departure of the lyrical company comes as a wave of unprecedented boycotts of artists, patrons and the public hit this room dedicated to the live show since 1971.
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