Apr 23/25 · 7:30pm/3pm
Blow's Venus and Adonis and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas
Fri Apr 23 · 7:30pm / Sun Apr 25 · 3pm
Two landmark English operas of the 1680s on one bill: John Blow's Venus and Adonis, in which Venus loses her mortal lover Adonis to a boar hunt, and Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, which ends in Dido's celebrated lament. Blow's work is thought to have shaped Purcell's. Boston Baroque plays on period instruments under Lionel Meunier.