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Venus mosaic from Bignor Roman villa, Sussex

The face of Venus

Andrew Manze takes a parallel look at two masterpieces of 17th century English opera, John Blow's Venus and Adonis and Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas.

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Playlist

Tracks from Venus and Adonis from OISEAU LYRE SAAN 2295397
Venus: Catherine Bott
Cupid: Libby Crabtree
Adonis: Michael George
Choristors of Westminster Abbey
New London Consort
Philip Pickett

Tracks from Dido and Aeneas from VIRGIN CLASSICS 5456052
Dido: Susan Graham
Aeneas: Ian Bostridge
Belinda: Camilla Tilling
European Voices
Le Concert D'Astree
Emmanuelle Haim

Blow: Venus & Adonis (overture) excerpt
Dido & Aeneas : Act 1 start
Blow: Triumphant Dance
Blow: Hunter's Dance
Chorus and Dance from Act 2 of Venus
From Act 2 Dido
Act 3 final scene Dido
Act 3 final scene Venus




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