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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

LPO, Jurowski, RFH / LSO, BBC Singers, Rattle, Barbican review - spiderwebs, sublimity and a powerful speech

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Blue, English National Opera review - the company’s boldest vindication yet?

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Innocence, Royal Opera review - timely, layered drama with almost incidental music

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National Youth Orchestra, Gourlay, RFH review - non-stop jamboree at the highest level

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Life is a Dream, Cheek by Jowl, Barbican Theatre review - savouring the Spanish of a singular masterpiece

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Belcea Quartet, Chamayou, Wigmore Hall review - romantic winged beast soars over neobaroque chameleon

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Tenebrae, Short, St John’s Smith Square review - Bach and MacMillan soulfully joined, until the end

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Messiah, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Whelan, Wigmore Hall review - wonderful, easy, light and dark in perfect poise

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Williams, Dunedin Consort, Truscott, Wigmore Hall review - star soprano, total teamwork

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The Dead City, English National Opera review - strong dream world, weak love story

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Fröst, Philharmonia, Lazarova, Kuusisto, Southbank Centre review - congenial new works complemented by live-wire classics

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Turandot, Royal Opera review - spectacle and sound wow in this significant revival

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Dance of Death, National Theatre of Norway, Coronet Theatre review - straight for the jugular

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Mahler’s Third Symphony, Philharmonia, Paavo Järvi, RFH review - phosphorescent glow, depths only glimpsed

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The New Electric Ballroom, Gate Theatre, Dublin review - fantasy and memory hauntingly interwoven

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Der Rosenkavalier, Irish National Opera review - world-class delight

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