Even the circumscribed world of the opera includes a storm, a mast lit up by St. Elmo’s fire, intimations of the South Seas, night and day, stillness and dance, vast expanses of sky — yet the ...

For instance: Because the entire opera is set at sea ... In the final act, the Pequod’s masts and lines glisten with St. Elmo’s fire. But Foglia’s enhanced staging was sometimes vexing ...