It’s an unenviable conundrum for any pet-owning couple: What to do when Fido shows a clear preference for one human over the other? Can the relationship even survive such favoritism? This high-drama ...

There are strong performances and much to admire in Dai Fujikura and Harry Ross’s opera about the Japanese artist, but it feels strangely inert ...

With all due respect to Verdi and Puccini, the three founders of New Wave Opera company are feeling a little burned out on storylines about damsels in distress, with or without tuberculosis. So the ...

The Great Wave is a new work for Scottish Opera by composer Dai Fujikura and librettist Harry Ross.

You’ll have seen the picture countless times. Gracing posters, postcards, tote bags, book and album covers, wrapping paper, phone cases and more, the iconic image of "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" is ...

Classical music takes the stage this week with several top-level performances. We’ve also got the popular Fan Expo covering three days of the best in large-scale pop culture gatherings. New Wave Opera ...

He survived a stroke, a lightning strike, a fire – and created one of the world’s most recognisable images. Now the Japanese artist’s ‘wild, fascinating’ life has inspired an opera Opera has inspired ...

A visually mesmerising premiere from Scottish Opera, The Great Wave paints a portrait of Hokusai that never quite reaches an emotional high tide.

Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai created more than 30,000 artworks during an extraordinary nine-decade career. One image in particular from two centuries ago - the picture The Great Wave off ...