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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

DVD: Babylon Berlin Series 1-3

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Classical Music/Opera direct to home 8 - from troubled royal rituals to a lone cellist

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Elektra/Der Rosenkavalier, Nightly Met Opera Streams review - searing hits and indulgent misses

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Classical Music/Opera direct to home 7 - Jeremy Denk's well-tempered Bach revelations

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Hilary Mantel: The Mirror & the Light review - magnificence must have an end

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St John Passion, Bachfest Leipzig livestream review - pocket quarantine gospel

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Classical Music/Opera direct to home 6 - Parsifals for Easter

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The Rake's Progress, Complicité online review - well-projected journey from pastoral to madhouse

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Classical Music/Opera direct to home 5 - orchestral manoeuvres in the light

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The Turn of the Screw, Opera North, OperaVision review - claustrophobic visions of terror and beauty

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Czech Philharmonic Benefit Concert online review – profound musicianship in sombre masked fundraiser

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Le nozze di Figaro, Garsington Opera, OperaVision review - natural comedy, musical sublimity

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Classical Music/Opera direct to home 4 - Rattle in the ether

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Classical music/Opera direct to home: 3 - Two Jenůfas

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Sondheim at 90 Songs: 2 - 'Epiphany'/'A Little Priest'

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Classical music/Opera direct to home: 2 - Boris Giltburg and Igor Levit

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