Washington National Opera to move out of Kennedy Center after Trump ‘takeover’
19h 58m ago by lemmy.world/u/MicroWave in news from www.theguardian.com
Artistic director of US’s national opera also cites ‘shattered’ donor confidence and box office revenue
The Washington National Opera (WNO) announced on Friday it is moving its performances out of the John F Kennedy Center, in what could be one of the most significant departures from the institution since Trump took control of it.
“Today, the Washington National Opera announced its decision to seek an amicable early termination of its affiliation agreement with the Kennedy Center and resume operations as a fully independent nonprofit entity,” the opera said in a statement to the New York Times. A separate website appears to be set up for the opera.
The Kennedy Center has been home to the WNO since it first opened in 1971. Opera leadership indicated that alternative venues within Washington DC have been identified, though no leases have yet been finalized, the opera said in its statement.
Hopefully many others will follow the WNO, and then republicans get to prop it up with their shitty money.
The only shows to be held there in the future are right wing failed comedians turned podcaster
That's music to MY ears.
I'm beginning to think he is the cousin of the Grimm Reaper because he kills everything he touches.
He has the Mierdas Touch. Turns everything to shit. https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=The+Mierdas+Touch
So maybe now Melanoma can start composing shitty, longwinded operas to glorify Trump, like Jiang Qing did for Mao.