- Anne Midgette
- Reporter
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.
Links: a May review roundup
Your digital magazine of the Washington Post’s classical music reviews in recent days: Itzhak Perlman, Jeremy Denk, Vanessa Perez and more.
Crowdsourcing Met HD, Part I
Two readers respond to the Metropolitan Opera’s HD broadcast of Verdi’s “La traviata,” with Natalie Dessay.
Peter and the press
The Metropolitan Opera’s general manager Peter Gelb seems to think he can control what the press says by removing voices he doesn’t like.
Washington Chorus takes on Wagner, and wins
Julian Wachner and the Washington Chorus take on in a challenging program of Wagner — and see the risk pay off with a rollicking afternoon.
- RIP Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Herbert Breslin
- Pianist Jeremy Denk, a classicist for the 21st century, at Sixth and I Synagogue
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, master singer of German art songs, dies at 86
- Herbert Breslin, Pavarotti’s brash and profane manager, dies at 87
- Music review: Andreas Delfs, Nelson Freire and the National Symphony Orchestra
- RIP Herbert Breslin
- Opera review: ‘Samson et Dalila,’ by the Washington Concert Opera
- Links: WNO’s “Werther,” the Philadelphia Orchestra, and other highlights.
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