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Anne Midgette

Washington, D.C.
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Writer, critic, former classical music critic of The Washington Post. (She/her.) @classicalbeat.bsky.social

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Anne Midgette is the classical music critic of The Washington Post. A Yale graduate, she was for seven years a regular contributor of classical music and theater reviews to The New York Times. She has also written about music, the visual arts, dance, theater and film for The Wall Street Journal, Opera News, The Los Angeles Times, Town & Country, and many other publications, reviewing and interviewing everyone from Spike Lee to Twyla Tharp, Marina Abramovic to Plácido Domingo. At the Post, she o…

Anne Midgette’s Journalist Portfolio

Assaults in dressing rooms. Groping during lessons. Classical musicians reveal a profession rife ...

Assaults in dressing rooms. Groping during lessons. Classical musicians reveal a profession rife ...

July 26 Violinist Zeneba Bowers was 26 when she says she asked William Preucil, the concertmaster of the Clev…

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Perspective | Institutions raced to dump James Levine. They should look hard at themselves.

Perspective | Institutions raced to dump James Levine. They should look hard at themselves.

Classical music isn't in trouble. It's classical music's institutions that are the problem. This has become o…

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Martha Argerich is a legend of the classical music world. But she doesn't act like one.

Martha Argerich is a legend of the classical music world. But she doesn't act like one.

There are a few things everyone in the music world knows, or thinks they know, about Martha Argerich, the Arg…

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Talking race and "blackface" in opera: the long version

Talking race and "blackface" in opera: the long version

A conversation between five opera singers about race in opera, motivated by the Metropolitan Opera's decision…

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The End of the Great Big American Voice

The End of the Great Big American Voice

American vocal training has long been bruited as the best in the world and is supposed to be better than ever…

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On the prowl for memories, museumgoers resort to snapshots

On the prowl for memories, museumgoers resort to snapshots

Sit in a room at the National Gallery and watch the people watching the art. You’ll be treated to a silent se…

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Articles

What Trump's Kennedy Center takeover means for music • VAN Magazine

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By Anne Midgette
| VAN Magazine Verified
The performing arts field tends to move slowly; Donald Trump does not. Last Friday, he announced that he would be taking over the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.; by Monday, he had dismissed a number of board members and installed a new interim executive director, Richard Grenell; and on Wednesday, he was officially confirmed as chairman of the board. What does this mean for the arts? Who the hell knows?
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Noseda, NSO and strong cast deliver the grandeur and intimate drama of “Otello”

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By Anne Midgette
| The Classical Review
When an orchestra does an opera in concert, it’s a celebration: a big event that feels special, festive and a little out of the ordinary, as if the hosts were putting on a costume party and slipping into a new role for the occasion.
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An Open Letter to the Classical Music Field

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By Anne Midgette
| annemidgette.com
The beat goes on
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was the managing editor of a monthly general-interest magazine -- with no prior experience. I jumped in at the deep end of the pool.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Constantly, all the way through college. But all of my professional journalism experience has been on a computer.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Succinctly, by e-mail, by people who have taken the time to find out what I write about and what may interest me.
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