Michael Andor Brodeur

Washington, D.C.

Critic focused on ideas and issues in and around the world of classical and contemporary music.

Education: Emerson College, BFA in Creative Writing; Emerson College, MFA in Creative Writing

Michael Brodeur is a classical music critic at The Washington Post. Over the past decade, Brodeur has served as an assistant arts editor and cultural critic for the Boston Globe, overseeing the paper’s Sunday Books section and writing the Globe’s weekly @large column on a range of topics in the arts and digital culture. Before the Globe, he served as music editor and lead music critic for the Boston Phoenix and as editor in chief of Boston's Weekly Dig. His essays, humor and criticism have also appeared in Nylon, Thrillist, Entrepreneur, Medium, McSweeney's Internet Tendency and other publi
Latest from Michael Andor Brodeur

At WNO’s American Opera Initiative, three glimpses into the future

The Washington National Opera’s incubator program for young composers and librettists presented three short works in progress at the Kennedy Center.

January 21, 2024

‘Mozart and Mark’ series breaks the silence of Mark Rothko’s paintings

A series of short concerts at the National Gallery seeks to make more audible the connection between two seemingly disparate visionaries.

January 17, 2024

NSO’s ‘The Ring Without Words’ brings out another side of Noseda

The National Symphony Orchestra takes on Lorin Maazel’s 70-minute reduction of Wagner’s 16-hour saga.

January 12, 2024

PostClassical Ensemble opens the new year with ‘Amazing Grace’

PostClassical Ensemble’s “Amazing Grace: In Paradisum” had its sights firmly set on heaven above — and even managed to deliver us there a few times.

January 11, 2024

For classical fans who dread the dark, local matinees save the days

A selection of daytime classical concerts coming to Washington this spring.

January 3, 2024

At the Met, a daring new production of ‘Carmen’ takes flight

Mezzo-soprano Aigul Akhmetshina stars in Carrie Cracknell’s modernized take on Bizet’s 1875 classic.

January 1, 2024

Folger Consort goes deep with ‘A Baroque Christmas Story’

The early music ensemble of the Folger Shakespeare Library offered a compelling Christmas program at St. Mark’s Episcopal.

December 17, 2023

For the picky listener on your list, a holiday haul of classical gifts

Three formidable new box sets will delight the music lover in your life — and keep them busy for weeks.

December 15, 2023

In a pair of recitals, a baritone and a tenor sing their life stories

Recitals by baritone and Marian Anderson Vocal Award winner Justin Austin and tenor Jonah Hoskins take autobiographical turns.

December 14, 2023

Here they come a-caroling: D.C. choruses light up the holidays

The Washington National Cathedral Choir, Washington Bach Consort and Washington Master Chorale raise their voices to ring in the season.

December 11, 2023