Peter G. Davis, Music Critic of Wide Knowledge and Wit, Dies at 84
He wrote with passion and bite about classical music, and especially opera, over a 50-year career at The Times and New York magazine.
Peter G. Davis in 1990 on a visit to Sissinghurst Castle Garden in England. As a student years earlier he toured Europe’s summer music festivals.Credit...Scott Parris
Feb. 19, 2021
Peter G. Davis, who for over 30 years held sway as one of America’s leading classical music critics with crisp, witty prose and an encyclopedic memory of countless performances and performers, died on Feb. 13. He was 84.