tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post226267053147114881..comments2024-03-09T15:11:29.350-08:00Comments on Exotic and irrational entertainment: John Blow's Venus and AdonisPessimisissimohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04223566131580795337noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-26287695473793916742012-02-18T17:19:54.464-08:002012-02-18T17:19:54.464-08:00Jan, thanks for your kind words. I don't think...Jan, thanks for your kind words. I don't think that you'll be disappointed. And if you enjoy <i>Venus & Adonis</i>, I strongly recommend that you also seek out Purcell's <i>Dido & Aeneas</i>. <br /><br />I'd love to see the operas performed together, with <i>Dido</i> framing a performance of <i>Venus</i>. A perfect opportunity for inserting the second opera into the first arises in Act II, Scene II of <i>Dido</i>, when she and Aeneas are being entertained while relaxing together in a sylvan grove. Why couldn't part of the entertainment involve a performance of <i>Venus</i>, whose tragic ending would foreshadow Dido's own?<br /><br />Thanks for your comment!Pessimisissimohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223566131580795337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186118329509553435.post-24336380193807757602012-02-18T12:02:46.720-08:002012-02-18T12:02:46.720-08:00Thank you for this. I had not known this work &...Thank you for this. I had not known this work & hoped to hear it today, online, but the listing was mistaken. So, your fascinating description has motivated me to order the CD. Jan M. Cambria, CAJan Mnoreply@blogger.com