Group That Escaped Trump’s Kennedy Center Takeover Is Thriving

The Washington National Opera has found new life since it steered away from Donald Trump’s control.The 70-year-old opera company departed its longtime home at the John F. Kennedy Center when the president and his allies assumed control of the historic cultural institution last year. Yet the difficult exit has apparently not hurt the company—instead, it is well on its way to a full reinvention, raising questions about whether or not the group needs the $2.75 million federal subsidy and support of...