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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

Luisa Miller, English National Opera review - Verdi in translation makes a stylish comeback

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theartsdesk Q&A: soprano Elizabeth Llewellyn

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Lise Davidsen, James Baillieu, Barbican review - opulence and the promise of greatness

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Angelich, Aurora Orchestra, Collon, Kings Place review - warm embraces from good companions

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Beatrice Rana, Wigmore Hall review - fantasy and sonority writ large

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Garvey, Quatuor Zaïde, Classical Vauxhall review - vibrant chamber music for all

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Alice's Adventures Under Ground, Royal Opera review - a blast for children of all ages

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Siegfried, LPO, Jurowski, RFH review - an incandescent journey to the mountain top

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Persona, Riverside Studios review - Bergman masterpiece transformed into 'The Mumbling'

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Denis Kozhukhin, QEH review - lyric mastery and subtle elegance

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Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues, Igor Levit, Barbican review - an eagle's-eye view

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Bach Sunday with the Suzukis, RAM / Appl, AAM, Milton Court review - father, son and Holy Ghost

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Watkins, Clayton, Philharmonia, Salonen, RFH review - a rainbow cornucopia

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Sukanya, RFH review - Ravi Shankar's bright-eyed, varied fable

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Elisabeth Leonskaja, Wigmore Hall review - pure musical essence

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Gautier Capuçon, Yuja Wang, Barbican review - spellbinding moments in circumscribed programme

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