The Washington National Opera announced Friday that it will end its more than 50-year affiliation with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a split that underscores deeper tensions over...

The Washington National Opera has decided to end its arrangement with the Kennedy Center in the nation’s capital, though it says it is hoping for an “amicable transition.”

The WNO’s departure is the latest defection for the “Trump Kennedy Center,” as Bela Fleck, Wicked composer Stephen Schwartz, and the annual Christmas Eve Jazz Jam have canceled performances at the ven...