David Nice

Giving it a try on here after low-key interactions on Mastodon - excellent for finding out about the world, but I missed most of the musical folk I left behind on Xitter last year. Good to see some famiiar faces already.

'Hideous but compelling, exactly the sort of work ENO should be doing' ★★★★ ANGEL'S BONE #EnglishNationalOpera - Sick & nasty, a measure of the performers & director's success, an alien abuse horror rife with aural and visual shocks - @davidnice.bsky.social is gripped theartsdesk.com/opera/angels...

Despite little interest here, or among my friends and students, I remain proud of my long blog chronicle on our latest walk for the Norfolk Churches Trust. Here it is - davidnice.blogspot.com/2026/10/norf... - and may a bit of medieval glass prove more alluring.

★★★★★ #LouiseAlder @josephmiddleton.bsky.social @wigmore-hall.org.uk - A soprano for all seasons: compendium recitals are the toughest, but this one ran the gamut with soaring confidence, says @davidnice.bsky.social theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

Facts and fun neatly interwoven as usual from @mattgreencomedy.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xANj...

Concluded study of Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo' in the Opera in Depth Zoom session yesterday, and began Mozart's 'The Magic Flute' - five more glorious Mondays to go. Looking for the best performance of the Overture, I found that young Tarmo Peltokoski with the Frankfurt Radio SO doesn't put a foot wrong.

The joyful vibes were, as I hoped, multiplied to infinity in Brazil. How wonderful. Two down (Vucic and Bolsonaro), two to go. Not so hopeful for Israel even if Netanyahu gets thrashed, but let's see.

🗳️ TOMMOROW - ISRAELI ELECTIONS 27/10 🗳️ Polls shows younger leftists are abandoning Zionism, Joint List is their alternative - 8-12 seats in polls !! 🕎☪️ Jewish-Arab 🇵🇸 Non-Zionist 💔 Recognises Gaza Genocide ✊ Fights Settler/IDF Violence 🏴 Antifascist 🚩 Marxist-Socialist

More abuse of bright youth. The tyrants do it everywhere.

Lula won despite Meta, TikTok, Rubio, and the entire flood of money poured in here by the U.S. Meta and TikTok carried out the greatest act of censorship in history in favor of the far-right. Only their end can save humanity.

#Pianist #JosephMiddleton on what #Mahler's songs can teach us about living with uncertainty: one of our most wide-ranging Lieder interpreters on the Austrian master in this #FirstPerson marking his #SignumClassics release SONGS OF YOUTH AND AWAKENING theartsdesk.com/classical-mu...

The scriptwriter for 'The Diplomat' - not sure if it's the same person every week - is a genius. Eloquent gifts for the superb cast, and I love the fact that in the last two series it's narrowed down to sassy one-to-ones. Just finished the episode where the PM (Rory Kinnear) goes off the rails.

Nigel Farage says Brexit gave us our "country back" But is OK with "71% of shares in England's nine privatised water companies are owned by organisations from overseas" He lied "Share with those who voted Brexit, did you get your country back or has it gone missing again?" via Love not Hate

Lula Goes HARD

Gaza Celebrates Lula Victory 🇵🇸❤️🇧🇷

The joyful vibes were, as I hoped, multiplied to infinity in Brazil. How wonderful. Two down (Vucic and Bolsonaro), two to go. Not so hopeful for Israel even if Netanyahu gets thrashed, but let's see.

Saw #fatherlandmovie yesterday, and it’s a remarkable film. Not least the cinematography. - every shot could be framed and hung in a gallery

Dr. Mazen Al-Rantisi, known as the “Doctor of the Poor” in Ramallah, has been released after four months in Israeli prisons. His face bears visible signs of alleged torture and abuse. (Ramy Abdu)v

Bolsonaro-friendly mayors appear to be sabotaging public transport on Election Day. Buses aren’t running in Lula-friendly areas, flights and ferries mysteriously canceled. Traffic lights have gone out and people’s power cut in Salvador, indigenous people’s travel restricted

Beekeepers in Gaza like Samar (photo 1) are working hard to rebuild their projects, and WCK is doing what we can to support them. In addition to hot meals for the beekeepers themselves, we’re providing beehive boxes and frames so their bees can rebuild their colonies. #ChefsForGaza

I give to a charity to plant olive trees, but I feel utterly helpless in the midst of this ecocide and genocide. Can't have any peace until something happens - but what? When?

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Illegal, of course. But they know the world's leaders don't care and won't act. All those Israeli billions swilling around... www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10...

HEBRON IS UNDER SIEGE. FAMILIES ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES. 🚨🚨🚨

2017.

Simply perfect, for me: the fusion of haunting images, acting, the use of music pertaining to Austro-German culture (though the Messiaen organ piece near the beginning is so haunting, a perspective on the time in which the film is set). Private grief and public affirmation of culture so balanced.

Israeli human rights activist Nadav Weiman: "I just spoke now with Palestinian friends from Hebron; thousands of Palestinians were evacuated from their homes overnight - not because they did something, not because they know something, not because they expressed support for the attackers. Just

The attack on Hebron is also strategic, given that the city accounts for 75% of the West Bank’s economy. People are not realising this, it's not just a revenge war on some terrorist attack, it's part of a strategic plan to completely overthrow the Palestinian Authority.

★★★★★ LA BATAILLE DE GAULLE - A pitch-perfect portrait of a maverick hero: #SimonAbkarian amazes, as director #AntoninBaudry moves from occupation to liberation - and #SimonRussellBeale as #Churchill is no less impressive, says @davidnice.bsky.social www.theartsdesk.com/film/la-bata...

Another one that needs reposting daily until Burnham stops the madness. The passion and anger of this lady are surely definitive.

Gove: worst of the worst. So what does he have in common with Burnham? They've both been bought by Israel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqf5...

Yes. Ireland has probably taken the biggest steps of any country, and the referendum on gay marriage was spectacular.

Let's state it clearly: Pres Pizda and his Pandemonium want to kill (murder) as many people as possible, not just in the USA but throughout the world. That should put a stop to the silly memes.

This pair of images can't be repeated too often. And also remember Mariupol.

This should be headline news in our UK papers too. Yet... www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...