Washington National Opera's Cutback on Staff and Programming

Rumors came true although nobody wants it. Washington National Opera announced that they are laying off staff and reducing their programming for the 10-11 season. WNO's programming has been shrunk each year from seven operas in 2007-2008 season to five for next season. In addition to these cutbacks, they will also reduce their annual budget from $32 million to about $26.5 million. The executive director, Mark Weinstein, will focus exclusively on fundraising and broad range financial strategic planning, and since the budget is down to $26.5 million, WNO will probably give up on international level. In addition to all these changes, what challenges WNO most is their general director, Placido Domingo. While WNO is financially struggling and making fundamental changes, their leader, Domingo is still not around, and he actually runs Los Angeles Opera and also keeps the busy life as an active  professional vocalist.   http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/30/AR2009113004073.html     Se Hyun Kim

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