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Anne Midgette

February 07, 2023

Anne Midgette (born June 22, 1965) is an American music critic who was the first woman to write classical music criticism regularly for The New York Times.[1] She was the chief classical music critic of The Washington Post from 2008 to 2019, prior to which she wrote for The New York Times from 2001 to 2007. A specialist in opera and composers of contemporary classical music, Midgette advocates the importance of online criticism and has previously maintained a classical music blog. As a freelance writer she published in a wide variety of publications, sometimes covering other fields such as dance, theater, film and the visual arts. She is the co-author of two books, one with Herbert Breslin on his management of Luciano Pavarotti, and another with the pianist Leon Fleisher on his career.

Anne Midgette
Midgette attends a performance in February 2020
Born (1965-06-22) June 22, 1965 (age 57)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Alma mater
Occupation
Notable credits
Websiteannemidgette.com

Life and career

Anne Midgette was born in Portland, Oregon on June 22, 1965.[1] Midgette grew up in Brooklyn,[2] later moving to Roswell, New Mexico in the middle high school.[3] Her first live theater experience was the New York premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass in 1972.[4] She studied Classical Civilization at Yale University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986.[1] After college, Midgette lived in Munich, Germany for nearly 12 years, during which she engaged in a variety of activities.[1][5] This included traveling throughout Europe to review opera, music, dance, theater, film and the visual arts for The Wall Street Journal, Opera News and Opernwelt among other publications.[1][5] She also did freelance writing for publications such as Deutsche Grammophon and BBC; edited a monthly music magazine; worked as a translator; and wrote travel guides,[6] including one in 1993 on Bavaria for the Insight Pocket Guides series.[7][8]

In 1998 she returned to the United States where she continued as a freelance writer for publications such ARTnews, Die Welt, Newsday, The Los Angeles Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Town & Country and the now-inactive website MusicMaker.com.[1][6] In these publications, she reviewed artists from a variety of fields, such as Spike Lee, Marina Abramović, Plácido Domingo and Twyla Tharp.[5] Midgette began to review classical music for The New York Times from 2001 until 2007, and thus became the first woman to write classical music criticism regularly for The New York Times.[9] In addition to music, at The Times she occasionally reviewed theater;[5] one of her articles was included in a book compilation of notable writings on music from 2006, Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006.[1][10] In 2008 Midgette became chief classical music critic for The Washington Post,[5] succeeding the music critic Tim Page.[11] While at The Post, she covered a broad spectrum of classical music topics and sometimes the visual arts.[5] Her focus spanned both "local and national issues",[1] while she specialized in the coverage of opera and composers of contemporary classical music.[9] She announced her retirement from The Post in November 2019.[1][12] Midgette has been notably persistent in her advocation for social media as a means for music criticism.[9] Throughout her tenure at The Post, Midgette maintained a classical music blog, The Classical Beat;[1] she also posts music criticism on Facebook.[9]

In addition to her contributions to periodicals, Midgette has co-authored two biographies.[1] With Herbert Breslin, she wrote the book The King and I, about Breslin's 36 years managing the tenor Luciano Pavarotti, which was published in 2004.[13][14] She subsequently collaborated with the pianist Leon Fleisher on a book about his life, My Nine Lives, published in 2010.[5][15] Currently, she is working on a historical novel concerning Nannette Streicher, a woman who manufactured and built pianos for Ludwig van Beethoven.[5] Other activities Midgette engaged in include lecturing or holding guest residencies at Bowling Green State University, Florida State University, the Juilliard School, and the NEA Institute for Classical Music Critics.[1]

Her father was the painter Willard Midgette.[16][2] Midgette is married to the music critic and composer Greg Sandow.[1] They live together in Washington, D.C., with a country house in Warwick, New York.[17]

Selected bibliography

Books

  • Midgette, Anne (1993). Bavaria. Insight Pocket Guides. Photography by Marton Radkai. Hong Kong: APA Publications. ISBN 978-962-421-576-2.
  • Breslin, Herbert; Midgette, Anne (2004). The King and I: The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti's Rise to Fame by His Manager, Friend and Sometime Adversary. New York: Crown Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7679-1508-3.
  • Midgette, Anne (2006). "The End of The Great Big American Voice". In Gaitskill, Mary; Carr, Daphne (eds.). Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Pop, Country, & More. Cambridge: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-81499-0.
  • Fleisher, Leon; Midgette, Anne (2010). My Nine Lives. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-7679-3137-3.

Articles

For other articles by Anne Midgette, see § External links.
  • Midgette, Anne (September 3, 1997). "Aliens Abduct City's Identity". The Wall Street Journal.
  • —— (November 17, 2002). "MUSIC; Lapses in Taste? To a Child, It Was Perfect". The New York Times.
  • —— (November 13, 2005). "The End of the Great Big American Voice". The New York Times. Republished in Midgette 2005
  • —— (November–December 2005). "Aural History". Yale Alumni Magazine.
  • —— (December 9, 2007). "Growing Old Enough to Appreciate Youth". The New York Times.
  • —— (February 24, 2013). "Wolfgang Sawallisch, Conductor, Dies at 89". The New York Times.
  • —— (June 16, 2019). "Building diversity into the mandate: How NOI trains for 21st-century orchestras". The Washington Post.
  • —— (October 9, 2019). "How do you get to Carnegie Hall and Met Opera museums? Practice isn't the problem". The Washington Post.
  • —— (November 22, 2019). "It's my last review as The Post's classical music critic. Here are my parting thoughts on the NSO". The Washington Post.
  • —— (December 10, 2019). "In classical music it was a year of building, deconstructing and, occasionally, rescuing". The Washington Post.
  • —— (December 14, 2021). "When COVID stalled careers, these opera singers leveled up". NPR.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Schenbeck, Lawrence (2013). "Midgette, Anne". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2289104. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. ^ a b Jaffe, Harry (September 4, 2008). "Post Watch: Jazzing Up the Coverage of Classical Music With Anne Midgette". Washingtonian. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Midgette, Anne (May 17, 2020) [March 31, 2020]. "Anne Midgette's Don's Flank Steak". notesfrommusicianskitchens.com. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
  4. ^ Midgette 2002, § para. 1.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Anne Midgette". Music Academy of the West. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  6. ^ a b . Bowling Green State University. Archived from the original on October 30, 2006.
  7. ^ "Bavaria". WorldCat. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  8. ^ Midgette 1993.
  9. ^ a b c d Helgert, Lars (2013). "Criticism: 5. Since 1960". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2256247. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  10. ^ Midgette 2006.
  11. ^ Mugmon, Matthew (2013). "Page, Tim". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2289195. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  12. ^ Midgette 2019.
  13. ^ Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael (December 12, 2004). "The King and I: A Fight at the Opera". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2009.
  14. ^ Breslin & Midgette 2004.
  15. ^ Fleisher & Midgette 2010.
  16. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths MIDGETTE, MARY B." The New York Times. January 13, 2002. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  17. ^ "About Me". gregsandow.com. Retrieved November 20, 2022.

External links

February 07, 2023
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Anne Midgette born June 22 1965 is an American music critic who was the first woman to write classical music criticism regularly for The New York Times 1 She was the chief classical music critic of The Washington Post from 2008 to 2019 prior to which she wrote for The New York Times from 2001 to 2007 A specialist in opera and composers of contemporary classical music Midgette advocates the importance of online criticism and has previously maintained a classical music blog As a freelance writer she published in a wide variety of publications sometimes covering other fields such as dance theater film and the visual arts She is the co author of two books one with Herbert Breslin on his management of Luciano Pavarotti and another with the pianist Leon Fleisher on his career Anne MidgetteMidgette attends a performance in February 2020Born 1965 06 22 June 22 1965 age 57 Portland Oregon U S Alma materYale University BA 1986 OccupationMusic criticNotable creditsThe Washington Post The New York TimesWebsiteannemidgette wbr com Contents 1 Life and career 2 Selected bibliography 2 1 Books 2 2 Articles 3 References 4 External linksLife and career EditAnne Midgette was born in Portland Oregon on June 22 1965 1 Midgette grew up in Brooklyn 2 later moving to Roswell New Mexico in the middle high school 3 Her first live theater experience was the New York premiere of Leonard Bernstein s Mass in 1972 4 She studied Classical Civilization at Yale University graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1986 1 After college Midgette lived in Munich Germany for nearly 12 years during which she engaged in a variety of activities 1 5 This included traveling throughout Europe to review opera music dance theater film and the visual arts for The Wall Street Journal Opera News and Opernwelt among other publications 1 5 She also did freelance writing for publications such as Deutsche Grammophon and BBC edited a monthly music magazine worked as a translator and wrote travel guides 6 including one in 1993 on Bavaria for the Insight Pocket Guides series 7 8 In 1998 she returned to the United States where she continued as a freelance writer for publications such ARTnews Die Welt Newsday The Los Angeles Times The Philadelphia Inquirer Town amp Country and the now inactive website MusicMaker com 1 6 In these publications she reviewed artists from a variety of fields such as Spike Lee Marina Abramovic Placido Domingo and Twyla Tharp 5 Midgette began to review classical music for The New York Times from 2001 until 2007 and thus became the first woman to write classical music criticism regularly for The New York Times 9 In addition to music at The Times she occasionally reviewed theater 5 one of her articles was included in a book compilation of notable writings on music from 2006 Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006 1 10 In 2008 Midgette became chief classical music critic for The Washington Post 5 succeeding the music critic Tim Page 11 While at The Post she covered a broad spectrum of classical music topics and sometimes the visual arts 5 Her focus spanned both local and national issues 1 while she specialized in the coverage of opera and composers of contemporary classical music 9 She announced her retirement from The Post in November 2019 1 12 Midgette has been notably persistent in her advocation for social media as a means for music criticism 9 Throughout her tenure at The Post Midgette maintained a classical music blog The Classical Beat 1 she also posts music criticism on Facebook 9 In addition to her contributions to periodicals Midgette has co authored two biographies 1 With Herbert Breslin she wrote the book The King and I about Breslin s 36 years managing the tenor Luciano Pavarotti which was published in 2004 13 14 She subsequently collaborated with the pianist Leon Fleisher on a book about his life My Nine Lives published in 2010 5 15 Currently she is working on a historical novel concerning Nannette Streicher a woman who manufactured and built pianos for Ludwig van Beethoven 5 Other activities Midgette engaged in include lecturing or holding guest residencies at Bowling Green State University Florida State University the Juilliard School and the NEA Institute for Classical Music Critics 1 Her father was the painter Willard Midgette 16 2 Midgette is married to the music critic and composer Greg Sandow 1 They live together in Washington D C with a country house in Warwick New York 17 Selected bibliography EditBooks Edit Midgette Anne 1993 Bavaria Insight Pocket Guides Photography by Marton Radkai Hong Kong APA Publications ISBN 978 962 421 576 2 Breslin Herbert Midgette Anne 2004 The King and I The Uncensored Tale of Luciano Pavarotti s Rise to Fame by His Manager Friend and Sometime Adversary New York Crown Publishing Group ISBN 978 0 7679 1508 3 Midgette Anne 2006 The End of The Great Big American Voice In Gaitskill Mary Carr Daphne eds Da Capo Best Music Writing 2006 The Year s Finest Writing on Rock Hip Hop Jazz Pop Country amp More Cambridge Da Capo Press ISBN 978 0 306 81499 0 Fleisher Leon Midgette Anne 2010 My Nine Lives New York Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group ISBN 978 0 7679 3137 3 Articles Edit For other articles by Anne Midgette see External links Midgette Anne September 3 1997 Aliens Abduct City s Identity The Wall Street Journal November 17 2002 MUSIC Lapses in Taste To a Child It Was Perfect The New York Times November 13 2005 The End of the Great Big American Voice The New York Times Republished in Midgette 2005 November December 2005 Aural History Yale Alumni Magazine December 9 2007 Growing Old Enough to Appreciate Youth The New York Times February 24 2013 Wolfgang Sawallisch Conductor Dies at 89 The New York Times June 16 2019 Building diversity into the mandate How NOI trains for 21st century orchestras The Washington Post October 9 2019 How do you get to Carnegie Hall and Met Opera museums Practice isn t the problem The Washington Post November 22 2019 It s my last review as The Post s classical music critic Here are my parting thoughts on the NSO The Washington Post December 10 2019 In classical music it was a year of building deconstructing and occasionally rescuing The Washington Post December 14 2021 When COVID stalled careers these opera singers leveled up NPR References Edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m Schenbeck Lawrence 2013 Midgette Anne Grove Music Online Oxford Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2289104 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 subscription or UK public library membership required a b Jaffe Harry September 4 2008 Post Watch Jazzing Up the Coverage of Classical Music With Anne Midgette Washingtonian Retrieved November 20 2022 Midgette Anne May 17 2020 March 31 2020 Anne Midgette s Don s Flank Steak notesfrommusicianskitchens com Retrieved November 20 2022 Midgette 2002 para 1 a b c d e f g h Anne Midgette Music Academy of the West Retrieved February 19 2022 a b 2006 Hansen Musical Arts Series Guests Bowling Green State University Archived from the original on October 30 2006 Bavaria WorldCat Retrieved February 19 2022 Midgette 1993 a b c d Helgert Lars 2013 Criticism 5 Since 1960 Grove Music Online Oxford Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2256247 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 subscription or UK public library membership required Midgette 2006 Mugmon Matthew 2013 Page Tim Grove Music Online Oxford Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 gmo 9781561592630 article A2289195 ISBN 978 1 56159 263 0 subscription or UK public library membership required Midgette 2019 Stern Jane Stern Michael December 12 2004 The King and I A Fight at the Opera The New York Times Retrieved February 17 2009 Breslin amp Midgette 2004 Fleisher amp Midgette 2010 Paid Notice Deaths MIDGETTE MARY B The New York Times January 13 2002 Retrieved February 19 2022 About Me gregsandow com Retrieved November 20 2022 External links EditOfficial website Articles by Anne Midgette on authory com Articles by Anne Midgette for The Washington Post Articles by Anne Midgette for The New York Times Articles by Anne Midgette for the National Public Radio Articles by Anne Midgette for WNYC Anne Midgette on the Muck Rack journalist listing site Anne Midgette on Twitter Portals Classical music Opera Biography Music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Anne Midgette amp oldid 1135959745, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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