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 ...

The latest example of this is a new work for Scottish Opera by Japanese composer Dai Fujikura and Scottish librettist Harry ...

Scottish Opera has unveiled its 2024/25 Season, which features 13 opera offerings: Oedipus Rex, Albert Herring, Don Pasquale, The Makropulos Affair, The Merry Widow, Trial by Jury, A Matter of ...

You’ll have seen the picture countless times. Gracing posters, postcards, tote bags, book and album covers, wrapping paper, ...

Scottish Opera’s “The Office Party” will be coming to Gairloch, Cromarty and Dornie as part of an 18-venue tour across Scotland.

The Great Wave off Kanagawa is an iconic image. Katsushika Hokusai’s 1830s print, depicting a towering sea surge, has travelled far beyond its origins to evoke Japan around the world, upstaging ...

The creative team behind 2012’s sell-out La traviata returns to bring Jen?fa to life, promising a beautifully observed production that makes full use of their extensive narrative gifts. All the more ...

"I am the only American chosen for the opera," the moonlighting janitor said. — -- A Chicago janitor is trading his mop for a spot in a Scottish opera production later this summer. Keanon Kyles, ...

Following months of speculation, Scottish Opera has announced the appointment of Italian conductor Francesco Corti as its new music director. The hiring follows a season of commercial and critical ...

Purchase this and other timeless New Criterion essays in our hard-copy reprint series. Verdi’s work is far more profound than the program’s gloss, which seems to reach for contemporary relevance. As ...