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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

Prom 23, Grosvenor, LPO, Gardner review - strange meetings

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theartsdesk at the Haapsalu Early Music Festival 2024 - other-worldly instruments, perfect programmes and haunting venues

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Prom 19, Rummukainen, Dandy, BBCSO, Oramo review - inward reflections and choral transcendence

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Tristan und Isolde, Glyndebourne review - infinite love at white heat

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Prom 17, Kozhukhin, RPO, Petrenko review - four tripartite masterpieces

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theartsdesk Q&A: violinist Braimah and cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, guitarist Plínio Fernandes, on their two Fantasia Proms

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Prom 6, Verdi's Requiem, BBCNOW, Bancroft review - running the emotional gamut

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Hello, Dolly!, London Palladium review - Imelda Staunton makes every line a deal-broker

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theartsdesk at the Pärnu Music Festival 2024 - youth, experience and old mastery on the highest level

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theartsdesk Q&A: violinist and music director Pekka Kuusisto on staged Shostakovich, Sibelius, sound architecture and folk fiddling

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Le nozze di Figaro, Garsington Opera review - fine-tuned telling it as it is

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Nardus Williams, Elizabeth Kenny, Spitalfields Music Festival review - layers behind a sweet Tower hour

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Bartlett, Fantasia Orchestra, Fetherstonhaugh, Proms at St Jude's review - Americana both fun and fierce

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Giulio Cesare, Glyndebourne review - every number a winner from dazzling revival cast

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theartsdesk at Smetanova Litomyšl - three fascinating operas and a masterpiece superbly vindicated

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theartsdesk at the 2024 Aldeburgh Festival - romantic journeys, cosmic hallucinations and wild stomps

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