Anne Midgette
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Articles by Anne Midgette
Ex-National Symphony director Leonard Slatkin is recovering from a heart attack (November 4, 2009)
Ann Midgette Review of the National Symphony Orchestra and Soloist Markus Groh (October 9, 2009)
Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Leon Kirchner Dies at 90 (September 20, 2009)
Music Review: Anne Midgette on the Moscow String Quartet at the Freer Gallery (May 23, 2009)
Citing Lack of Funds, Summer Opera Theatre Company Cancels 'The Merry Widow' (May 22, 2009)
Succinct Opera Tweets Lead to Fairy-Tale Ending for D.C. Music Teacher (May 20, 2009)
Music Review: Anne Midgette on Master Chorale's Finale, With 'Carmina Burana' (May 19, 2009)
Music Review: Washington National Opera Mounts Puccini's 'Turandot' (May 18, 2009)
Conductor Jun Mrkl's NSO Debut Proves a Clever Balancing Act (May 15, 2009)
Music Review: Teddy Tahu Rhodes at the Kennedy Center (May 14, 2009)
Music Review: Anne Midgette on the National Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble at the Kennedy Center (May 12, 2009)
Pär Lindskog Recovers From Illness to Sing in WNO's Siegfried, Which Is Bad News (May 11, 2009)
Music Review: Magdalena Kozena at the Austrian Embassy (May 9, 2009)
National Symphony Orchestra Has a Contemporary Music Night With Oliver Knussen (May 8, 2009)
Music Review: Manfred Honeck and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra at Kennedy Center (May 6, 2009)
Music Review: The Washington Concert Opera's Stephanie Blythe (May 5, 2009)
Music Review: CrossCurrents: Composer Lera Auerbach, Cellist Alisa Weilerstein (May 4, 2009)
Music Review: 'Siegfried' at Washington National Opera (May 4, 2009)
Music Review: Helmuth Rilling Conducting Haydn's 'The Creation' With NSO (May 1, 2009)
CrossCurrents Festival Brings Contemporary Music to the Kennedy Center (May 1, 2009)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra's Musicians Volunteer for Pay Concessions (April 30, 2009)
NEA Selects Five Recipients for 2009 Opera Honors (April 27, 2009)
Music Review: 'Encounters: A John Aams Snapshot' by the Post-Classical Ensemble (April 24, 2009)
Music Review: David Zinman Conducting the National Symphony Orchestra (April 24, 2009)
Music Center at Strathmore Will Continue to Serve Diverse Menu in 2009-10 Season (April 22, 2009)
Review of Brentano Quartet at Library of Congress (April 20, 2009)
Four Interpretations of Wagner's 'Ring' Cycle (April 19, 2009)
Music Review: Leonidas Kavakos Plays Tchaikovsky Fifth With National Symphony (April 17, 2009)
Music Review: Musicians in YouTube Symphony Orchestra Offer Unsteady Performance (April 16, 2009)
D.C. Philharmonic Concerts Postponed Till the Fall (April 9, 2009)
TV Preview: 'Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts' on PBS (April 8, 2009)
Music Review: Gustavo Dudamel Conducting the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra (April 8, 2009)
Washington Chorus Performs Verdi's Requiem at the Kennedy Center (April 7, 2009)
Opera Lafayette Brings Handel's L'Allegro' to the Kennedy Center (April 6, 2009)
Music Review: Marin Alsop's Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Plays Mahler's Ninth (April 6, 2009)
Music Review: London Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (March 30, 2009)
Music Review: Young Concert Artists: Marimbist Pius Cheung at the Kennedy Center (March 26, 2009)
Music Review: Benjamin Britten's 'Peter Grimes' at Washington National Opera (March 23, 2009)
"Peter Grimes" Opens Tonight at Washington National Opera (March 21, 2009)
Herbert Blomstedt Conducts the National Symphony Orchestra at the Kennedy Center (March 20, 2009)
The Master Chorale of Washington Will Cease Operations in May (March 20, 2009)
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Announces Schedule (March 17, 2009)
Washington Performing Arts Society Trims Schedule, Not Quality (March 17, 2009)
NSO Will Tour China and South Korea In June Trip (March 12, 2009)
D.C. Philharmonic Is Tuning Up for Debut (March 5, 2009)
Opera Review: 'La Sonnambula' at the Metropolitan (March 4, 2009)
Kennedy Center Announces 2009-10 Season Lineup (March 4, 2009)
Music Review: Pianist Evgeny Kissin at Kennedy Center (March 3, 2009)
Classical CDs: Bel Canto' and Satie, Shining Brighter Than Bach (March 1, 2009)
The Qatar Philharmonic at the Kennedy Center (February 26, 2009)
Music Review: National Symphony Orchestra With Guest Conductor Charles Dutoit and Pianist Yuja Wang (February 20, 2009)
Virginia Opera Performs "Tosca" at George Mason University's Center for the Arts (February 16, 2009)
Music Review: Hilliard Ensemble at the Kennedy Center (February 14, 2009)
Online Voting Begins Today to Pick the YouTube Symphony Orchestra From Video Auditions on the Site (February 14, 2009)
Classical Review: Guarneri Quartet at the Kennedy Center (February 12, 2009)
Music Review: György and Márta Kurtág Premiere 'Hommage à Bartók' at Library of Congress (February 9, 2009)
Music Review: Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk at Strathmore Music Center (February 6, 2009)
Minus the Star Power, NSO Sparkles (February 6, 2009)
Music Review: Nicola Benedetti and Katya Apekisheva at the Kennedy Center (February 5, 2009)
The National Symphony Celebrates André Previn's Eight Decades (February 2, 2009)
Miró Quartet's, Slightly Off Its Game at Wolf Trap (February 2, 2009)
BSO Beautifully Powers Through a Weighty Russian Program (January 31, 2009)
Opera Houses Make Room for Relative Youngsters (January 31, 2009)
Opera Review: Netrebko, Villazón Disappointing in Met's "Lucia di Lammermoor" (January 28, 2009)
Violinist Augustin Hadelich at the Kennedy Center (January 27, 2009)
Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin at the Kennedy Center (January 26, 2009)
Prerecorded Inaugural Quartet: A 'Live' Experience Loses Something (January 24, 2009)
Review of NSO, Led by Emmanuel Krivine, With Yundi Li Playing Ravel (January 23, 2009)
Music Review: John Williams's 'Air and Simple Gifts' at the Obama Inauguration (January 21, 2009)
Aretha Franklin Stars in Kennedy Center Concert (January 20, 2009)
InSeries Opera: "Orpheus in the Underworld" (January 19, 2009)
Music Review: NSO Performs Stravinsky, Crumb and Rachmaninoff (January 16, 2009)
Felix Mendelssohn's Bicentennial: A Key Moment to Reconsider His Contributions (January 11, 2009)
Philippe Jordan Leads the National Symphony Orchestra (January 9, 2009)
Olivier Messiaen's Collected Works Are Well Suited to Box Sets (December 28, 2008)
Music Review: National Symphony Orchestra's 'Messiah' (December 19, 2008)
Washington Celebrates Elliott Carter With Concerts and Film (December 15, 2008)
Baltimore Opera Files for Bankruptcy, Cancels Season (December 10, 2008)
La Scala's Opening Produces the Usual Scandal, Intrigue, Opera (December 9, 2008)
Pianist Till Fellner at the National Gallery (December 9, 2008)
U-Md. Symphony's Playful 'Petrushka' (December 8, 2008)
Perlman & the NSO, From The Heart (December 5, 2008)
YouTube Announces Auditions for Its Own Symphony Orchestra (December 2, 2008)
The Metropolitan Opera's Movie-Theater Simulcast of 'Damnation de Faust' (November 29, 2008)
Emanuel Ax and Yefim Bronfman in Duo Piano Program at George Mason University (November 25, 2008)
Washington National Opera's 'Petite Messe Solennelle' Is Something of a Mess (November 24, 2008)
Ruth Ann Swenson Shines in Baltimore Opera's Norma' (November 21, 2008)
NSO Plays Music by Franz Schmidt for the First Time (November 21, 2008)
Gustavo Dudamel Conducts the Israel Philharmonic at the Kennedy Center (November 20, 2008)
Star Conductor Gustavo Dudamel to Lead Orchestra in Washington (November 17, 2008)
Violinist Vadim Repin at Kennedy Center Concert Hall (November 17, 2008)
Mariinsky Orchestra at George Mason University (November 17, 2008)
Spy vs. Spy on An Operatic Scale (November 14, 2008)
Beyond Brooklyn: An NSO Debut (November 14, 2008)
Kennedy Chief Comes to an Opera's Rescue (November 13, 2008)
In One Weekend, a Double Dose of Donizetti (November 12, 2008)
Requiem: Lamentable Soloists, Great Chorus (November 4, 2008)
Notes in a Modern Key (November 2, 2008)
Price Elevates Opera Awards (November 1, 2008)
Pollini Reveals a New Side Of Beethoven -- and Himself (October 31, 2008)
NSO's Wagner: Operatic Treasures Minus the Emotion (October 31, 2008)
The Un-Diva: Renée Fleming Has Virtuosity Under Control (October 31, 2008)
A Pianist's Emphatic Devotional (October 27, 2008)
Making The Most Of 'Mass' (October 26, 2008)
Fischer & NSO: Bigness and Balance (October 24, 2008)
The Elemental Power of Ewa Podles (October 21, 2008)
Composer John Adams, Reaching Critical Mass (October 19, 2008)
From Max Raabe, Vivid Echoes of the Past (October 16, 2008)
A Tale of Two Conductors (October 16, 2008)
The Philharmonic: Strong but Showy (October 6, 2008)
NSO's Effort: Lovely, Long (October 3, 2008)
Juilliard's Jacobs: Coaxing The Sublime From an Organ (September 30, 2008)
The Folger Consort's Visit to the Court of Isabella d'Este (September 29, 2008)
NSO's Choice Tips the Scales Of Emotion (September 27, 2008)
Christoph Eschenbach to Lead National Symphony (September 26, 2008)
Verge Ensemble, Pushing Sound Right to the Edge (September 23, 2008)
Energetic, if A Bit Ragged, NSO Opener Is All in Fun (September 22, 2008)
Mauricio Kagel, 76; Avant-Garde Composer (September 20, 2008)
NSO Isn't Skipping a Beat (September 20, 2008)
Jessye Norman, Still a Diva Beyond the Classical Canon (September 15, 2008)
'Traviata': It's a Start (September 15, 2008)
Silver Screen Pedigree on Loan (September 9, 2008)
When Opera Is New and Unproved (September 7, 2008)
'La Traviata's' Double Play (September 4, 2008)
Bayreuth Festival Names New Leaders (September 2, 2008)
'Mothertongue' Has Unique Licks (August 21, 2008)
Promising 'Adriana' Could Use a Drama Lesson (August 4, 2008)
Taking a Dip in The Online Stream (August 3, 2008)
A 'Meistersinger' That's on an Entirely New Wagnerian Scale (August 3, 2008)
'Carmen' Rises to Lowered Expectations (July 22, 2008)
In Wolf Trap's 'Vienna Woods,' a Tour of German Song (July 21, 2008)
Modest at Best, but No Less Operatic (July 15, 2008)
Classical Funk With A Few Rough Edges (July 14, 2008)
Handel With Care: A Revealing 'Alcina' at the Wolf Trap Barns (July 14, 2008)
'Die Soldaten': A Strangely Unmoving Event (July 7, 2008)
An Advocate of Action to Set the Tone of Opera (July 6, 2008)
Edgar Vincent; Opera Stars' PR Man (June 30, 2008)
With the National Orchestral Institute, Beauty Is Youth (June 30, 2008)
A Conductor Comes to A Coda (June 29, 2008)
A Final 'Fanfare' For the NSO's Leonard Slatkin (June 27, 2008)
'Troilus,' Rescued From Obscurity in St. Louis (June 23, 2008)
BSO's Ode to Living Composer Is a Joy (June 21, 2008)
Fledgling Stageworks Festival Full of Ambition But Not Yet Ready to Soar (June 20, 2008)
Youth Reigns Supreme in 'King' (June 16, 2008)
Not Much Depth To 'Die Tote Stadt' (June 16, 2008)
A Different Way of Conducting Business (June 8, 2008)
Once Upon a Norwegian Fable (June 6, 2008)
The Women of Mozart's Day (June 4, 2008)
A World Full of Voices -- Alone -- at the Kennedy Center A Cappella Festival (May 28, 2008)
Mezzo-Soprano's Glorious Debut Lifts 'Cavalleria' (May 27, 2008)
It's the Year of the 'Monkey' at Spoleto USA (May 26, 2008)
Attuned to Young at Art (May 20, 2008)
Choral Arts Society Weathers 'El Niño' (May 20, 2008)
Bach Sinfonia's Workaday Wonders Of the Baroque (May 19, 2008)
'El Ni??o's' Transcendent Genre (May 17, 2008)
The BSO, Awkward Now & Then (May 17, 2008)
Eighth Blackbird's 'Only Moving Thing': Gaining Altitude (May 15, 2008)
NEA Launches National Opera Awards (May 14, 2008)
'St. Matthew Passion': A Heavenly Sound (May 13, 2008)
'Elektra': Vocal, Not Visual, Power Surges (May 12, 2008)
Felicity Lott, Basking in a Wistful Glow (May 10, 2008)
The NSO's Wild Wonderland (May 9, 2008)
Violinist Hahn Softens Schoenberg's Angularity (May 8, 2008)
'David' Slays a Grand Ambition (May 5, 2008)
The NSO Sure Has Something to Learn About Showcasing a Composer Like Copland (May 2, 2008)
Domingo, a Lion in Winter in 'Tamerlano' (May 2, 2008)
Bayreuth Festival's Family Cycle (April 30, 2008)
Masur Evokes A Golden Bruckner Memory (April 30, 2008)
Domingo Goes Baroque (April 30, 2008)
Wachner's 'Proud' Debut With Washington Chorus (April 29, 2008)
The BSO's Freaky 'Favorites' (April 28, 2008)
Hugh Wolff: All the Right Moves (April 25, 2008)
Pianist Andsnes, Better Than the Hype (April 24, 2008)
Tenor Sails Through High C's in a Histrionic 'Régiment' at the Met (April 24, 2008)
A Big-Screen Test for Opera (April 24, 2008)
Nipping At Alsop's Achilles' Heel (April 19, 2008)
Crossing Borders but Often Going Nowhere (April 18, 2008)
Dynamic Dudamel to Highlight WPAS Season (April 16, 2008)
WCO's 'Bianca' Is Something To Sing About (April 15, 2008)
Washington National Opera Cuts Nine Jobs (April 15, 2008)
'Satyagraha': Simplicity & Splendor in the Glass (April 14, 2008)
Exploring a World Of 'Jewish Music' (April 9, 2008)
Tenor Brings Youthful Elan To 'Romeo' (April 4, 2008)
An Uplifting 'Resurrection' (April 4, 2008)
WNO's 'Rigoletto': Needs Direction (March 31, 2008)
The NSO Delivers an Uncommon Pleasure (March 28, 2008)
12 Shows of NSO's 'Greatest Hits' to Air on WETA-FM (March 28, 2008)
Intensely Innovative (March 28, 2008)
This 'Dutchman' Skirts Wagner's Shoals (March 17, 2008)
A Classic Contrast (Or So It Seems) (March 15, 2008)
National Symphony Revels in Russian Glories (March 14, 2008)
Kennedy Center Will Showcase Arab Arts (March 12, 2008)
A Long Line of 'Don Giovannis' (March 11, 2008)
Isabel Leonard: The Total Package, And She Delivers (March 10, 2008)
An Impressive Display of Quiet Strength (March 7, 2008)
A Grim Outcome for 'Grimes' at The Met (March 1, 2008)
BSO Focuses on Bernstein (February 28, 2008)
NSO's Promising Date With Christoph Eschenbach (February 28, 2008)
'Eugene Onegin': From Russia With Love (February 26, 2008)
Alban Berg Quartet's Passionate and Bittersweet Farewell (February 25, 2008)
Pianist Soheil Nasseri: Local Boy Does Pretty Good (February 25, 2008)
Midori's Choices, as Singular as Her Name (February 16, 2008)
Philadelphia's 'Cyrano': Actually, They Do Make 'Em Like That Anymore (February 15, 2008)
The Baton's Been Passed Over (February 10, 2008)
The NSO, Con Brio At Carnegie Hall (February 9, 2008)
The Concertgebouw, on a Human Scale (February 5, 2008)
BSO's Half-Baked Slice of Americana (February 4, 2008)
Sleepless in Amsterdam (And Munich) (February 3, 2008)
Slatkin and the NSO, American Tourists in Mahlerland (February 1, 2008)
Youth Is Not Served in Met's 'Manon' (January 31, 2008)
Pianist Wang, Putting Herself On the A-Liszt (January 28, 2008)
NSO Gives Rouse (but Not Liszt) His Due (January 26, 2008)
For the NSO, Newer Is Improved (January 25, 2008)
Upshaw's Freshly Picked Bouquet Of Favorites (January 25, 2008)
The Allusionist (January 22, 2008)
Echoes of the Past, Amplified by the NSO (January 18, 2008)
The Art of Expression, Fully Drawn by Christine Schaefer (January 18, 2008)
WNO's A-Listers: Fleming, Bocelli, 'Siegfried' (January 14, 2008)
Taking the Pulse Of Classics, BSO Finds A Modern Beat (January 12, 2008)
