OPERA REVIEW: This revival is truly shipshape
... This revival is truly shipshape Royal Opera House Billy Budd Director Francesca Zambello's markedly cool version of Britten's opera is back at the ROH, the lighting (Alan John Burrett) all blues, sea green and mauve, the stage a bare raked wedge, with a Lorraine cross as mast, which rises hydraulically for below decks. Early in the opera, Billy stands silhouetted on the mast as if crucified ...