The Lisner Auditorium, at George Washington University, is smaller than the Kennedy Center’s Opera House, with 1,400 seats compared to about 2,300 at the center.

After more than five decades as the venue's resident ensemble, Washington National Opera has parted ways with the Kennedy Center, marking the most significant departure in the institution's history.

A bold statement of opera industry solidarity with the Washington National Opera was issued following the news of the company ...

The Washington National Opera lined up Lisner Auditorium for two upcoming operas — and saw a jump in donations — after announcing plans to leave an arts complex that has been transformed under ...

Who gets the $30 million endowment? What's going on with the shared orchestra? “We have a very large legal team," says the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors stroll through the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts on Dec, 18, 2025, in Washington. After more ...

Washington National Opera’s planned separation from the Kennedy Center is moving into a complex legal stage, with ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it will move performances away from the Kennedy Center in another high-profile departure following President Donald Trump’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a statement probably anyone could have seen coming, Richard Grenell, the controversial president of Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy ...