{
  "id": 9545501,
  "title": "US tenor Christopher Macchio booked for Xi-Trump state dinner performance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/us-tenor-christopher-macchio-booked-for-xi-trump-state-dinner-9545501",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T11:18:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
    "slug": "reuters-business-via-scmp",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3368682/us-tenor-christopher-macchio-booked-xi-trump-state-dinner-performance"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "American tenor Christopher Macchio will perform at the White House banquet for Chinese President Xi Jinping during his first state visit to the United States in more than a decade. “An honour to return to Washington DC to perform for the State Dinner with Donald Trump (originally @realDonaldTrump) and President Xi,” Macchio said on social media, tagging the official accounts of Trump, the White…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "US tenor Christopher Macchio booked for Xi-Trump state dinner performance",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/us-tenor-christopher-macchio-booked-for-xi-trump-state-dinner",
        "published": "2026-09-24T11:18:20.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}