Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center

[Anonymous]

Not going to me much left to see at the Kennedy Center at this rate...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/arts/music/washington-national-opera-kennedy-center.html

Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
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.

The Washington National Opera decided on Friday to move its performances out of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 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.

[Anonymous]

Of course they are.

Who would stay under Hitler and his dummy sycophants?

Seriously who in their right mind would go to a place that Trump has not only destroyed he will profit off of it and ruin it like everything else he has ever touched in his life. Not like he has any history of one thing he has done that he has made better. Hell the Plaza Hotel in Manahattan he lost it and destroyed it and stole the gold out of it......The man could not even make casinos work wth?

[Anonymous]

Good.

[Anonymous]

Are they moving to Capital One Hall?

[Anonymous]

It’s fine, they’ll just have more performances of the Trump phantom of the opera sponsored by Qatar.

Or a fashion show by Melania’s weird modeling guy!

No shade to phantom of the opera this isn’t its fault of course.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s fine, they’ll just have more performances of the Trump phantom of the opera sponsored by Qatar.

Or a fashion show by Melania’s weird modeling guy!

No shade to phantom of the opera this isn’t its fault of course.

I actually don't think Andrew Lloyd Weber would allow it.

[Anonymous]

So where are they going?

[Anonymous]

It won’t be really sad unless shear madness ends.

[Anonymous]

I hope other prominent arts organizations follow their lead. Looking at you, Vienna Philharmonic.

[Anonymous]

I can see him rolling in Teslas tonthe red carpet for a big car show. He will climb up on a bulldozer for a photo op. He will turn it into something magnificent that patrons have never seen before. He will erase all the beautiful memories of the past.

[Anonymous]

Brava!!! Proud of them. I just wish he would drop dead already. I'm convinced he just lives in dark energy and evil.

[Anonymous]

Hallelujah!

[Anonymous]

Excellent. We’ve been boycotting the KC - will definitely visit the opera in its new home wherever that may be.

[Anonymous]

Come on NSO - find a new home!

[Anonymous]

Good! We will not go until Guilty Dump this name is off the building + he is out of office.