Overview
- The opera reports more than 500 donations within 72 hours of announcing the departure.
- Since leaving, the organization is operating again as an independent nonprofit.
- Lisner Auditorium, where the company first performed 70 years ago, will host Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha in early March and Robert Ward’s The Crucible later in the month.
- Additional spring events shift to sites including Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria arts center, the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, and local churches.
- Some artists publicly backed the move, with singer Ryan McKinny saying he would not perform at the Kennedy Center under current circumstances.