Anne Midgette
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Articles by Anne Midgette
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)
NSO Isn't Skipping a Beat (September 20, 2008)
Mauricio Kagel, 76; Avant-Garde Composer (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)
Handel With Care: A Revealing 'Alcina' at the Wolf Trap Barns (July 14, 2008)
Classical Funk With A Few Rough Edges (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)
Not Much Depth To 'Die Tote Stadt' (June 16, 2008)
Youth Reigns Supreme in 'King' (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)
The BSO, Awkward Now & Then (May 17, 2008)
'El Ni??o's' Transcendent Genre (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)
An Uplifting 'Resurrection' (April 4, 2008)
Tenor Brings Youthful Elan To 'Romeo' (April 4, 2008)
WNO's 'Rigoletto': Needs Direction (March 31, 2008)
Intensely Innovative (March 28, 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)
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)
Pianist Soheil Nasseri: Local Boy Does Pretty Good (February 25, 2008)
Alban Berg Quartet's Passionate and Bittersweet Farewell (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)
