Washington National Opera bows out of Kennedy Center
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Key Points:
- The Washington National Opera (WNO) announced it will end its partnership with the Kennedy Center and relocate its spring performances to new venues to maintain a balanced budget.
- The decision was driven by the Kennedy Center's new business model requiring productions to be fully funded in advance, which the WNO found incompatible with opera operations.
- The Kennedy Center cited a financially challenging relationship as the reason for parting ways with the WNO.
- Since President Trump took over the Kennedy Center's board and rebranded the venue as the Trump-Kennedy Center, several artists, including Lin-Manuel Miranda and Peter Wolf, have canceled events there.
- The WNO's statement did not reference President Trump or the political controversies surrounding the Kennedy
