Blow’s Venus and Adonis and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas — live event on Apr 23, 2027

Blow’s Venus and Adonis and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas

Blow’s Venus and Adonis and Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at NEC's Jordan Hall, Boston on Fri, Apr 23, 7:30 PM. Tickets from $31.75. Lineup, start time and tickets on Ckord.

Join Boston Baroque for an evening of two landmark English operas: John Blow’s Venus and Adonis and Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Presented together, these compact masterpieces trace the emergence of English opera in the late seventeenth century. Closely connected in both style and history, Venus and Adonis is widely believed to have influenced Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, which was composed only a few years later. Both works place a powerful woman at the center of the drama, draw on stories from classical mythology, and conclude with some of the most poignant music of the Baroque era. Blow’s Venus and Adonis tells the story of the goddess Venus and her mortal lover Adonis. Despite Venus’s attempts to keep him from danger, Adonis departs for the hunt and is fatally wounded by a wild boar. Blending courtly entertainment with genuine emotional depth, the opera moves from playful scenes of love and Cupid’s mischief to a tragic conclusion that foreshadows later operatic masterpieces. A…

Starts: Fri, Apr 23, 7:30 PM

Ends: Fri, Apr 23, 9:30 PM

Where: 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States

Price: $31.75

Venue: NEC's Jordan Hall

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