In the Arts: Board Chairman Gives $10-Million to Kennedy Center

David Rubenstein, chairman of the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, pledged $10-million on Wednesday to the Washington, D.C., institution, Bloomberg and The Washington Post report.

Half the money will go to the National Symphony Orchestra, with the rest supporting Kennedy Center productions, annual events such as festivals, and a national arts-education program.

Mr. Rubenstein, the billionaire co-founder of the Carlyle Group private-equity firm, had given the center $3.5-million before he took over as board chairman in May.

In other arts news, the Los Angeles Opera announced a leadership shuffle days after renewing the famed tenor Placido Domingo’s contract as general director, writes the Los Angeles Times.

Stephen Rountree, the opera’s chief operating officer since 2008, will become the organization’s chief executive, replacing Marc I. Stern. Mr. Stern will chair the opera’s board, while Christopher Koelsch, vice president of artistic planning, will also serve as chief operation officer.

And New York’s Metropolitan Opera has successfully mined new revenue from an aggressive set of new projects such as live movie-theater simulcasts of its productions and round-the-clock broadcasts of archival recordings on digital radio, according to The Wall Street Journal.

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