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East meets West in Dai Fujikura’s The Great Wave at Scottish Opera

Daisuke Ohyama (Katsushika Hokusai)
© Mihaela Bodlovic
Daisuke Ohyama (Katsushika Hokusai) and Julieth Lozano Rolong (Katsushika Ōi)
© Mihaela Bodlovic
Daisuke Ohyama (Katsushika Hokusai)
© Mihaela Bodlovic
Collin Shay (Mihaela Bodlovic) and Shengzhi Ren (Mr Tozaki / Nishimura Yohachi)
© Mihaela Bodlovic
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“is burdened by dense detail, libretto longueurs and a wandering timeline”
Reviewed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow on 12 February 2026
Fujikura, The Great Wave
Scottish Opera
Stuart Stratford, Conductor
Satoshi Miyagi, Director
Junpei Kiz, Set Designer
Kayo Takahashi Deschene, Costume Designer
Yuka Hisamatsu, Lighting Designer
The Orchestra of Scottish Opera
Scottish Opera Chorus
Sho Yamaguchi, Video
Daisuke Ohyama, Katsushika Hokusai
Julieth Lozano Rolong, Katsushika Ōi
Shengzhi Ren, Mr Tozaki / Nishimura Yohachi
Edward Hawkins, Eirakuya Tōshirō / Takai Kōzan
Chloe Harris, Koto
Luvo Maranti, Hokusai’s Grandson
Collin Shay, Dr Philipp Franz von Siebold
Akiko Kitamura, Choreography
Sepia memories: Scottish Opera’s La bohème delights in revival
****1
Lampooning the law: Scottish Opera’s satirical new double bill
****1
Scottish Opera’s Merry Widow tangles with the New York Mafia
****1
The Makropulos Affair defies the march of time
****1
Scottish Opera’s Albert Herring: as fresh as dew on a May morning
****1
Barbe and Doucet's stylish Don Pasquale is a comic delight
****1
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