Video and audio
A selection of radio and television interviews, podcasts, webcasts, and panel discussions.
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WEBINAR (PAID)
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WEBINAR (PAID)
The women who shaped classical music: In this ninety-minute online talk, I spotlighted some of the obstacles women have faced in this male-dominated field. Women have always been active in music; the history books just don't always reflect it.
WEBINAR (PAID)
WEBINAR (PAID)
WEBINAR (PAID)
How to love opera like an insider: In this two-hour online talk, I presented a personal introduction, geared to everyone from beginners to aficionados, to this crazy and wonderful art form that's dominated my life.
Selected Podcasts
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What's UP with Opera?
What's UP with Opera?
Each episode of this podcast, from WNYC, NPR and the Metropolitan Opera, focuses on one signature opera aria. I've been on three episodes, talking about "Nessun dorma" from Puccini's "Turandot"; the Sleepwalking Scene from Verdi's "Macbeth"; and the Flower Song from Bizet's "Carmen."
What's UP with Opera?
What's UP with Opera?
What's UP with Opera?
Pacific Opera Victoria and host Rebecca Hass discuss opera's place in the world today with an exciting range of opera-world luminaries. I was honored to be on two episodes, talking about women and the #MeToo movement on one, and race and fat-shaming on the other.
Classical classroom
What's UP with Opera?
Classical classroom
This long-running podcast focused on breaking down barriers to classical music enjoyment. In the episode called "Critiquing Anne Midgette," I discussed my article "A Beginner's Guide to Classical Music: No Snobs Allowed," and talked about all the many unconventional approaches there are to enjoying aspects of this art form.
Covid shutdown
When the world closed down in 2020, it sent everyone into a flurry of Zoom meetings and webinars and podcasts as people grappled with the existential challenges. I've left most of what I did in 2020 on a separate shutdown page, since that context helps explain its particular flavor.
PBS NewsHour: Remembering opera singer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. 5/2012
PBS NewsHour: More on Fischer-Dieskau. 5/2012
NBC Nightly News: Metropolitan Opera to investigate James Levine for alleged sexual misconduct. 12/2017
The American Interest: Zoom discussion with classical music critic Anne Midgette. 5/2020
Fundacion BBVA: an interview on a critic's career. 11/2019
Colloque en esthetique musicale. 3/2013
Panel discussions
The Spanish Orchestra Foundation (AEOS) and the Global Leaders Program: An international panel on how to get audiences back into theaters after Covid-19. 6/2020
The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) annual conference hosted a bracing session about #MeToo, racial discrimination, and more. 6/2020
The Florence Price Festival presented the panel "Race and Gender in Music Criticism," moderated by Natasha Gauthier. 8/2020
Rubin Institute: "Creativity and Criticism," public panel with Alex Ross and others. 10/2014
Book talks
Jeremy Eichler, "Time's Echo:" I talk to the classical music critic of the Boston Globe about his book on music, memory, and World War II/the Holocaust, focusing on Strauss, Schoenberg, Britten and Shostakovich. 8/2023
Alex Ross, "Wagnerism": I talk to the classical music critic of the New Yorker about his definitive book on the influence of Richard Wagner across multiple forms of art. 9/2020
Philip Kennicott, "Counterpoint: A Memoir of Bach and Mourning." I talk to the Pulitzer Prize-winning art and architecture critic of the Washington Post, whose memoir interweaves Bach and the death of his mother. 11/2020
Will Robin: "Industry: Bang on a Can and New Music in the Marketplace." I talk to the University of Maryland assistant professor of musicology about his new book on the New York music collective Bang on a Can. 2/2021
Selected podcasts and webcasts
Anthony Plog on Music: A two-part interview with Anne Midgette, with bonus material, 5/2023
A Music of Their Own: Classical Music's #MeToo Moment (interview with Majel Connery), 2/2023
Let's Talk Music, with Philip Gainsley: Anne Midgette on her career in classical music, 1/2023
All Songs Considered (NPR): The 2010s: classical music's decade of reckoning (Tom Huizenga, host).
10/2019
The Next Track (UK/USA):
The Covid-19 shutdown. 5/2020
No snobs allowed: Classical music for beginners. 8/2018
The David Taylor Podcast (UK): Anne Midgette on classical music in the age of Covid-19. 4/2020
The In Series: Video podcast in the Covid-19 shutdown series "In Series in our Pajamas." 5/2020
The Alma Ensemble Summer Interview Series: A wide-ranging discussion with a piano trio. 7/2020
The Conversation Series: an interview about leaving The Washington Post, with Patrick McCoy.
Selected radio appearances
WNYC: an archive of appearances on Soundcheck, the Brian Lehrer Show, and other segments produced by New York's public radio station, going back to 2007. Don't miss the "Soundcheck Smackdown" in which I face off with Norman Lebrecht.
NPR: Ten questions for a critic: the state of classical music (with Tom Huizenga). 11/2009 Performance Today, with Fred Child, Classical MPR: Changing the narrative about women in music. 3/2018
The Kojo Nnamdi show, WAMU, Washington DC: Bassoons and Budget Problems; the future of classical music in the region, 8/2019; Classical music for the big screen. 1/2011
WETA, Washington DC: A conversation about working with Leon Fleisher on his memoir, 'My Nine Lives'. 11/2010
BBC Radio 3: Music Matters. Inauguration music, 1/2017; music news from the US, 11/2013.
Connecticut Public Radio: The Future of the Hartford Symphony, 8/2015); An Ode to Opera. 11/2013