Anne Midgette
Anne Midgette
Critic

Anne Midgette came to the Washington Post in 2008, when she consolidated her various cultural interests under the single title of chief classical music critic. She blogs at The Classical Beat, which she thinks you really should be reading.

Latest by Anne Midgette

Dawn Upshaw and Crash Ensemble at the Kennedy Center

Dawn Upshaw and Crash Ensemble at the Kennedy Center

Program includes Dennehy song cycle based on the poetry of William Butler Yeats.

NSO’s strengths, weaknesses, identity issues on display at Spring for Music

NSO’s strengths, weaknesses, identity issues on display at Spring for Music

The penultimate edition of Carnegie Hall’s weeklong series left a warm impression, though a wistful one.

Ballets Russes drove audiences from modern music? Just the opposite.

Ballets Russes drove audiences from modern music? Just the opposite.

The company created something brand-new and made it wildly popular throughout European society.

American orchestras retooling for 21st century with less money, bigger jobs

American orchestras retooling for 21st century with less money, bigger jobs

The 21st-century American orchestra must redefine its role. For musicians, this means doing more, getting less.