By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Grammy Award-winning opera star Renee Fleming has withdrawn from performances in May at the Kennedy Center, with her withdrawal coming during a wave of cancellations at the Washington institution since its takeover by President Donald Trump.

A look at what might be behind the closing of the Kennedy Center, which was created as a political act, and what that could mean.

The center's controversial president also said his X account had been hacked after he first posted claims that the breakup was their idea. In a statement probably anyone could have seen coming, Richard Grenell, the controversial president of Washington, D ...

Renée Fleming cancels Kennedy Center performances following the venue's Trump rebrand, joining multiple artists boycotting the renamed institution over leadership changes.

The center’s unions, leaders of the National Symphony Orchestra and lawmakers across the aisle reacted Tuesday to President Donald Trump’s planned closure of the center.

New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Center, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it will move ...

Friday’s news, shared with NPR in a statement via email from the opera company, comes in response to new policies which the 70-year-old performing arts group said strain its financial model. The Washington National Opera stressed the “amicability” of ...

The Washington National Opera said Friday it will end its affiliation with the Trump Kennedy Center, citing financial and operational conflicts, The New York Times first reported Friday. In a statement, the opera said it hopes for an “amicable transition ...

Democratic and Republican lawmakers gave competing explanations on Feb. 3 for President Trump’s announcement of a two-year Kennedy Center renovation.