ENO Billy Budd: awash on the wide expanses
Claustrophobia seems to me a vital ingredient in the atmosphere of Britten’s below-decks tragedy. It was a quality most notably missing from David Alden’s expansive, flat production for ENO. However...
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Duomo, Cattedrale di S. Maria del Fiore, Firenze; Georgio Vasari (detail) Photo: Mark Tyson It’s a tricky one, don’t you find? When you’re struggling to maintain your grasp on regal power because the...
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