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David Nice

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The classical music and opera editor of theartsdesk, David writes, lectures and broadcasts on music. A former music critic for The Guardian and The Sunday Correspondent, he has made regular appearances on BBC Radio 3, not least in the long-running series Building a Library. He has written short studies on Elgar, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky and the history of opera, and is currently working on the second volume of his Prokofiev biography for Yale University Press. He runs two Zoom lecture series, Opera in Depth on Mondays and a symphonies course on Thursdays.

Articles By David Nice

The Valkyrie, English National Opera review - fitfully flickering flames

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Smetana Trio, Wigmore Hall / Minerva Piano Trio, Christ Church Kensington review - spirits of delight

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Bluebeard's Castle 1: Bullock, Finley, Theatre of Sound, Stone Nest review - scenes from a marriage

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Dmitri Alexeev and Friends, St John's Smith Square review - an almost breathless brio

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HMS Pinafore, English National Opera review - shipshape classic comedy craft

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Williams, City of London Sinfonia, Southwark Cathedral review - a British Isles cornucopia

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Royal Opera House lullabies for Little Amal

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The Rake's Progress, Glyndebourne Tour - a classic revitalized

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Die ägyptische Helena, Fulham Opera review - mythological mess impressively handled

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Ridley Road, BBC One review - Jewish community fights Nazi nightmare in 1960s London

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Tamestit, LSO, Ticciati, LSO St Luke's review - viola as chameleon, palpitating Brahms

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Gabriela Montero, Kings Place review - improvising to a Chaplin classic is the icing on a zesty cake

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theartsdesk at the Two Moors Festival - birdsong, gongs and nocturnes in Dartmoor churches

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Philharmonia, Rouvali, RFH review - the really big orchestra is back for cosmic Strauss

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Jenůfa, Royal Opera review - Janáček scours the soul again in a compelling new take

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Carnac, BCMG, Kemp, Music@Malling Festival - lyrical Turnage frames abstruse fancies

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