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The Great Wave review – Hokusai opera sounds and looks beautiful but skimps on 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

The Guardian - UK · Feb 13

Masterpiece, fridge magnet, phone case … opera: how Hokusai’s The Great Wave hit the stage

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 Guardian - UK · Feb 10

‘On away days, Dennis Wise would say, “Oi, go and get me a coffee”, and you’d have to. You’d come back with it, sit down, and he’d want another one for someone else. You’d do it again and again' John Terry on breaking into a star-packed Chelsea side

There were some big personalities at Stamford Bridge when future Chelsea skipper John Terry came up through the ranks

FourFourTwo · Aug 10, 2025