Love & Death: Venus and Adonis by John Blow

Speaker
Conductor: Luke Mitchell Director: Michael BurdenVenus – Jessie Edgar Adonis – Ben Watkins Cupid – Melissa Talbot
Event date
10 Nov 2022 to 11 Nov 2022
Event time
20:30 - 21:45
Venue
New College
Holywell Street
OXFORD
OX1 3BN
Venue details

New College Antechapel

Event type
Concerts
Event cost
£15; £7 concessions
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Recommended

Venus & Adonis is the only stage work of the Restoration composer John Blow. A masque ‘written for the entertainment of the King’, the work was performed at Court in sometime in the early 1680s. The cast included the King’s daughter Lady Mary Tudor as Cupid, and her mother, Mary Davis, playing the part of Venus. The myth tells the story of Venus, who, pierced with Cupid’s arrow, falls in love with Adonis. She warns him of the danger of the hunt, but he ignores her and is gored by the boar.