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lizdye.bsky.social
Washington Nat'l Opera sues the Kennedy Center alleging that the Center STOLE the opera's endowment.

WNO had a longterm agreement where KC ran the opera's development back office, and in 2025 KC just ... stopped doing it and seized the funds.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
49. On January 8, the Kennedy Center’s Chief Financial Officer sent an email to WNO’s General Director and Board President asserting for the first time and, contrary to the terms of the 2024 Agreement, that the funds in the WNO BSRF belonged to the Kennedy Center. In addition, the CFO disclosed that the Kennedy Center had used those funds—funds that the 2024 Agreement expressly required to be held for the long-term benefit of WNO—to collateralize the Kennedy Center’s own line of credit. 50. The next day, on January 9, 2026, the WNO Board voted to terminate the 2024 Agreement. WNO’s Board President and Board Chair immediately notified the Kennedy Center of that decision in a letter to Mr. Grenell and requested that the parties begin unwinding the affiliation.
June 12, 2026 at 3:24 PM
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The "Trump Kennedy Center" acted like Trump himself; they outright ignored binding contracts, bullied subcontractors, and seem to have outright stolen millions of dollars that pursuant to a binding contract they were only managing for the benefit of the WNO.
40. The result was chaos. Gifts went unprocessed or unacknowledged, donor benefits went unfulfilled, and donor communications went unanswered. WNO staff had to perform work the Kennedy Center had agreed to provide, trying to protect donor relationships and to preserve WNO’s fundraising pipeline. WNO employees performed multiple job functions at once and worked extended hours to maintain basic operations. 41. WNO also lost all visibility into its own financial activities by fall 2025, when the Kennedy Center implemented new financial-management software. Under the prior system, WNO staff had direct visibility into most of the WNO Financial Accounts. After the transition, WNO could no longer see posted revenues, expenses, contributions, fund balances, and other entries. WNO repeatedly requested that the Kennedy Center restore that access, but it never did, forcing WNO to create and maintain its own spreadsheets and attempt to reconstruct its own finances. 42. At the same time, the Kennedy Center’s financial reporting became delayed, incomplete, and largely inaccessible. For months, and despite repeated requests, the Kennedy Center failed to provide the regular financial reports and fund-balance information required by the 2024 Agreement, forcing WNO to operate on stale and incomplete information last provided in March 2025. As a result, WNO could not reliably track new donor gifts received by the Kennedy Center on WNO’s behalf or confirm that such contributions were properly credited to the WNO Financial Accounts F. The Kennedy Center Does Not Return WNO’s Financial Assets or Provide an Accounting Consistent with the 2024 Agreement 57. However, despite repeated requests made in the course of meetings, calls, and emails over the following weeks and months, the Kennedy Center did not return any of the funds in the WNO Financial Accounts and did not provide a complete accounting in accordance with the 2024 Agreement. 58. Based on financial information previously provided by the Kennedy Center and WNO’s internal records, and after accounting for WNO Direct Expenses not yet offset by WNO revenues and other support according to the terms of the 2024 Agreement, WNO estimates that the Kennedy Center is withholding at least $17,101,186 in WNO financial assets. Those include funds held in or attributable to the WNO Endowment, the WNO BSRF, the FFIE, and other earned and contributed income that the Kennedy Center collected or maintained for WNO’s benefit. 59. In the months since the January 9 termination—which the Kennedy Center’s Board of Trustees unanimously confirmed on March 16 by resolution authorizing its Chief Financial Officer and General Counsel to negotiate the terms of the disaffiliation on behalf of the Center— the Kennedy Center has not returned any of WNO’s financial assets, has refused to state whether it intends to return any of those assets, and has not provided an accounting consistent with the 2024 Agreement.
June 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
npr.org
The WNO is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year. n.pr/4pRgdXr
Washington National Opera leaves Kennedy Center, joining slew of artist exits
The WNO is just the latest to say they will no longer perform at the Kennedy Center since Trump took over last year.
n.pr
January 10, 2026 at 6:16 PM
jcsalterego.bsky.social
*muffled* wno
April 26, 2026 at 3:38 AM
mashithana.bsky.social
Wno, base del corsé lista para todo el bordadito jejeje
September 29, 2026 at 12:58 PM
musicologyduck.bsky.social
anyway def get yourself some WNO tickets
February 23, 2026 at 11:24 PM
reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
The grift here is astounding. The "Trump Kennedy Center" people tried to outright STEAL more than half of a $300,000 bequest to the Washington National Opera made in a donor's will — even though the funds were intended to go solely to WNO.
64. With the status of WNO’s funds in limbo, donors have also been confused as to the proper destination of funds intended for WNO after termination. For instance, last year a court resolved an ambiguity in one donor’s estate documents, which contained an apparent misnomer as to the intended beneficiary, by determining that the donor intended her substantial gift— approximately $300,000—to benefit WNO. However, the court directed that the funds be paid to the Kennedy Center for the benefit of WNO. When news broke that WNO and the Kennedy Center would part ways, the estate inquired whether the Kennedy Center should still receive the bequest. Even after the parties terminated the 2024 Agreement and their separation became public, the Kennedy Center insisted that the funds should be sent to it, not to WNO. And later, when WNO demanded return of the $300,000 gift, the Kennedy Center refused and instead proposed that it be split in half with WNO, after deducting the Kennedy Center’s legal fees from the gift. This is emblematic of the Kennedy Center’s willingness to disregard donors’ intentions and attempt to keep for itself funds that were plainly intended for and belong to WNO. These events have sown confusion among donors and threaten to delay or divert contributions intended for WNO unless WNO regains control over its funds.
June 12, 2026 at 4:00 PM
minerva1.bsky.social
It’s time for veterans wno served with Danes to speak up. This can not stand.
January 28, 2026 at 10:45 PM
silencedogood2.bsky.social
Discover the hidden 17 Million in donations for Opera

“The funds held by the Kennedy Center represent years of gifts and contributions made by loyal WNO donors who specifically directed their support to benefit WNO and its mission,” the opera said in the court filing”

thehill.com/regulation/c...
Washington National Opera sues, says Kennedy Center owes it $17M
The Washington National Opera (WNO) filed a lawsuit Thursday, alleging that the Kennedy Center failed to return more than $17 million in donations made to the organization after its split from the …
thehill.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:50 PM
graceewa.eurosky.social
Też nie wiem jak można łykać takie g….wno
July 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
sebakalisz.bsky.social
Nie wiem czy widzieli, czy słyszeli. Ja dziś czytam i nie wierzę jakie z ludzi jest obrzydliwe g*wno.🤮🤮
November 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
mashithana.bsky.social
👀

no tengo muchos dibujitos pero wno .....
October 23, 2024 at 2:39 PM
coyotegirl.online
wNO! YALL DID THISSS
December 24, 2023 at 5:32 AM
mashithana.bsky.social
Wno... Se ha intentao
February 12, 2026 at 10:13 AM
fotomsky.eurosky.social
Pissowieckie u-booty z Razem, jak jeden wąż zagłosowali przeciw wotum zaufania dla rządu.

1. Adrian Zandberg
2. Marcelina Zawisza
3. Maciej Konieczny
4. Marta Stożek
5. Paulina Matysiak

I g*wno mnie obchodzi, że to zapowiadali wcześniej.

Ban z automatu dla popierających tą hałastrę.
June 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
starmonsters1.bsky.social
wNo,250　フロアクリーパー
wNo,251　スカイクリーパー
wNo,252　クリープガール
November 24, 2024 at 3:30 PM
billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
If I have a spring in my step today, it's because we were able to take a much needed break last night from the madness of our politics to enjoy the divine madness of the GOAT, Mozart's Marriage of Figaro, in a fine Washington National Opera production. 🧑‍🎤 👏

www.kennedy-center.org/wno/home/202...
November 19, 2025 at 12:38 PM
nicolechung.bsky.social
man. last I read, the NSO (unlike the WNO) was trying to stick it out there because they didn’t think they could make it financially without the Kennedy Center. hard to see how they’ll survive this.
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Feb 1
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kennedy Center will close for 2 years for renovations starting in July, Trump says, after a backlash from performers.
February 1, 2026 at 11:49 PM
andersaslund.bsky.social
No sane person - political leader or businessman - wants to talk to the Trump mafiosi.
Trump calls for all to come to negotiate. Some may accept a meeting, but why talk seriously to serial liars wno never comply with any agreement? /2
April 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
billkristolbulwark.bsky.social
Well, the last opera I'll have seen at the Kennedy Center was an excellent performance in November of the Marriage of Figaro. So for me the tenure of the WNO at the Kennedy Center will end with fond memories. Look forward to following it to friendlier venues.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
Washington National Opera Is Leaving the Kennedy Center
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:08 PM
randymeeks.bsky.social
Resumen de la presentación de Switch 2: wno xd
April 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM
equityuk.bsky.social
Welsh National Opera Chorus, members of the WNO Orchestra and students from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama performed wearing protest t-shirts in Cardiff on Friday.

Equity members of WNO Chorus are taking industrial action short of strike. #SaveOurWNO #AchubOCC
A room full of WNO Chorus members, members of the WNO Orchestra and Students from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama wearing protest t-shirts which say 'SAVE OUR WNO'. Welsh National Opera Chorus, members of the WNO Orchestra and students from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama perform in front of a organ wearing Save Our WNO tshirts, a banner draped over the balcony reads 'Save our WNO, AchubOCC'
December 9, 2024 at 11:40 AM
barbarakemery.bsky.social
I think this explains DJT's interest in the Kennedy Center. Was it holding funds for any other organizations? Do we think any people have individual personal liability for the missing funds? I have many questions, including some about where those funds went and who is going to return them to WNO.
June 12, 2026 at 3:45 PM
mashithana.bsky.social
No os he enseñado cómo quedó la Annarietta!!! Hay bastantes partes que quiero repetir pero wno queda resulton ♥️
November 13, 2024 at 7:18 PM
mashithana.bsky.social
Wno colegas me hice fotos de la Rosa
March 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM