Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Arts centre in Washington, DC, opened in 1971 and named in honour of late President J. F. Kennedy (assassinated 1963). Contains concert hall seating 2,700, opera house (2,300), and drama th. First event was Bernstein's Mass (Sept. 1971).
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Théophile Gautier
BORN: 1811, Tarbes, France
DIED: 1872, Paris, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Fiction, poetry, drama
MAJOR WOR…
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