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Trump declared himself chair of the institution in February, firing and replacing its board and leadership.
Zambello told The Guardian her company is being forced to consider other options owing to tumbling ticket sales and audience protests.
When asked by NPR for a response to the Kennedy Center's rebuttal, Zambello only re-shared the board president's statement.
In an email to NPR, Washington National Opera Board of Trustees President Andy Farrow said the company, quote, has no plans to move out of the Kennedy Center and is proud to be part of America's cultural center.
The statement came hours after The Guardian published a story quoting Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello as saying her company may quit the Kennedy Center as a result of President Donald Trump's takeover.
Trump declared himself chair of the institution in February, firing and replacing its board and leadership.
Zambello told The Guardian her company is being forced to consider other options owing to tumbling ticket sales and audience protests.
When asked by NPR for a response to the Kennedy Center's rebuttal, Zambello only re-shared the board president's statement.
In an email to NPR, Washington National Opera Board of Trustees President Andy Farrow said the company, quote, "...has no plans to move out of the Kennedy Center and is proud to be part of America's cultural center."
The statement came hours after The Guardian published a story quoting Washington National Opera artistic director Francesca Zambello as saying her company may quit the Kennedy Center as a result of President Donald Trump's takeover.
Trump declared himself chair of the institution in February, firing and replacing its board and leadership.
Zambello told The Guardian her company is being forced to consider other options owing to tumbling ticket sales and audience protests.
When asked by NPR for a response to the Kennedy Center's rebuttal, Zambello only re-shared the board president's statement.
Bill Clinton once described the White House Family Theatre as, quote, the best perk of the White House.
The snug 40-ish seat venue provided a retreat for presidents and their guests for more than 80 years after its conversion from a cloakroom by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942.
He watched hundreds of films there, starting with All the President's Men.