David Nice
Bio
David writes, lectures and broadcasts on music. A former music critic for The Guardian and The Sunday Correspondent, he is a regular voice on BBC Radio 3. 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 his own lecture series, Opera in Depth, at the Frontline Club in Paddington.
Articles By David Nice
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The Tell-Tale Heart, National Theatre review - bloody good f...
The Tell-Tale Heart may be the title of an 1843...
Free Solo review - unbearable and glorious
Alex Honnold is part of a unique and often mythologised faction of the rock climbing community. To “free solo” is to climb without ropes or...
Aladdin, New Wimbledon Theatre review - enjoyable but underp...
Paul Merton has a lot of strings to his bow – stand-...
Epiphoni Consort, Reader, St Paul's Covent Garden revie...
Like a supermarket "Christmas Dinner" sandwich, cramming the delights of a full festive lunch into every bite, Epiphoni Consort’s...
Albums of the Year 2018: Nightports w/Matthew Bourne
Matthew Bourne has been a significant experimental and collaborative presence on the scene since 2001, when he won the Perrier Jazz...
Boris Akunin: Black City review - a novel to sharpen the wit...
It is 1914 – a fateful year for assassinations, war and revolution. The...
Albums of the Year 2018: Black Merlin - Kosua
Kosua was released only last month, but its journey began two years ago when George Thompson, aka Black Merlin, released Hipnotik...
The Convert, Young Vic review - Africa's electric cry f...
Wow! First, the Black Panther team took cinema by storm; now, they have conquered theatre as well. Or, at least, two of them have. ...