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Opera star Renée Fleming cancels Kennedy Center performances amid Trump rebrand and artist boycott
Renée Fleming cancels Kennedy Center performances following the venue's Trump rebrand, joining multiple artists boycotting the renamed institution over leadership changes.
The Kennedy Center has lost another one of the few remaining stars on its 2026 schedule, as the legendary soprano Renée Fleming has dropped out of an appearance at the embattled venue previously scheduled for May.
The soprano, who previously resigned as an artistic adviser, was scheduled to sing with the National Symphony Orchestra in May.
Renée Fleming and a children's theater production inspired by Bruce Lee have withdrawn from the Kennedy Center, as scrutiny intensifies around the San Francisco Ballet.
Here’s a look at changes and cancellations at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Breakthrough Theatre and Maitland Art Center.
Grammy Award-winning opera singer Renée Fleming will no longer participate in a pair of symphony performances at the Kennedy Center this spring, according to a message on the center’s website. Fleming was scheduled to appear with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) on May 29-30 in a program titled “Appalachian Spring,