Consequences of His Failures To Pay Promised Donations
Many of the organizations to which Vilar had pledged donations gradually began to remove his name from parts of their institutions where it was placed prominently.
In July 2005 the Royal Opera House announced that, following Vilar’s failure to maintain the agreed payment schedule, his name would be removed from the building. Later his name was removed from the young artists program when a new donor stepped forward. However, since his total donation to the ROH since 1999 is approximately £4.4million, he remains listed on the Donor and Benefactors Board. Vilar's name, which appeared on the “Vilar Grand Tier” at the Metropolitan Opera, has since been removed. The Washington Opera’s young artists program has also been renamed (after additional support was found) as the “Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program”, and the Kennedy Center’s “Arts Management Fellowship” program has similarly dropped the Vilar name.
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