{"id":16353,"date":"2025-02-18T16:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/?p=16353"},"modified":"2025-02-18T16:38:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T16:38:30","slug":"renee-fleming-cuts-ties-kennedy-center-following-trump-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2025\/02\/18\/renee-fleming-cuts-ties-kennedy-center-following-trump-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Ren\u00e9e Fleming Cuts Ties With Kennedy Center Following Trump Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_16354\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16354\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16354\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/Renee-Fleming-Cuts-Ties-With-Kennedy-Center.jpg\" alt=\"Ren\u00e9e Fleming\" width=\"1200\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/Renee-Fleming-Cuts-Ties-With-Kennedy-Center.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/Renee-Fleming-Cuts-Ties-With-Kennedy-Center-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/Renee-Fleming-Cuts-Ties-With-Kennedy-Center-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/Renee-Fleming-Cuts-Ties-With-Kennedy-Center-768x434.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16354\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ren\u00e9e Fleming (Photo: Opera News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The star soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming announced her resignation from her post as Artistic Advisor at Large for the Kennedy Center. Fleming\u2019s resignation follows <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/2025\/02\/10\/trump-just-crowned-king-kennedy-center\/\">Donald Trump\u2019s self-appointment <\/a>as Chairman of the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Driving the news:<\/strong> In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1RLFEB4G7R\/\">a Facebook post<\/a> on February 12th, the soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming announced her resignation as Artistic Advisor at Large for the Kennedy Center. Fleming\u2019s resignation follows Donald Trump\u2019s February 7th <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113964959500715895\">declaration on Truth Social<\/a> that he would serve as the Kennedy Center\u2019s Chairman. Trump cited the Kennedy Center\u2019s drag shows as one concern he had with the Center. He removed all Biden appointees from the board and fired Chairman David Rubenstein and President Deborah Rutter. Fleming noted that she treasured David Rubenstein and Deborah Rutter\u2019s bipartisan support for the Kennedy Center, and that she hopes the Center will continue to serve diverse audiences.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The follow-up:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.cornell.edu\/media-relations\/tip-sheets\/cornell-expert-trump-kennedy-center-efforts-echo-authoritarian-regimes\">Many have noted<\/a> how Trump\u2019s actions echo those of authoritarian regimes in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, who understood that controlling the arts meant controlling public thought. Artists including Issa Rae, Ben Folds, Low Cut Connie, and Shonda Rhimes have also cancelled appearances and cut ties with the Kennedy Center following Trump\u2019s takeover.<\/p>\n<p>The folk singer Joan Baez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/p\/1DknuHR5M8\/\">posted on Facebook<\/a> to thank Ren\u00e9e Fleming for her leadership in stepping down from the Kennedy Center. Brava to Ms. Fleming and others who have taken a stand against this frightening development. \u2014\u00a0SS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The star soprano Ren\u00e9e Fleming announced her resignation from her post as Artistic Advisor at Large for the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":16354,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[488,3],"tags":[517,481],"yst_prominent_words":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/02\/Renee-Fleming-Cuts-Ties-With-Kennedy-Center.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16353"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16355,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16353\/revisions\/16355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16353"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=16353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}