Peter Graffam Davis (March 3, 1936 – February 13, 2021)[1][2] was an American opera and classical music critic.
He developed a keen interest in opera during his teenage years, compiling a record collection and attending concerts held in Boston.
He subsequently spent one year at the Stuttgart Hochschule für Musik,[9] before undertaking postgraduate studies at Columbia University.
He was also noted for writing disapprovingly of up-and-coming music and composers who he believed were overrated, such as Philip Glass and Beverly Sills.
Davis stated that this was "euphemistic for being fired",[12] and lamented how "classical music is of less and less interest to [the editorial leadership]".
[13] Consequently, he returned to The New York Times as a freelancer and was a regular contributor to Opera News and Musical America.