First performed at Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School for Girls in Chelsea, it was written in response to John Blow's Venus and Adonis.
First performed at Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School for Girls in Chelsea, it was written in response to John Blow's Venus and Adonis. Its final number, "When I am laid in earth," makes use of the ground bass, a favorite device of the composer. Also of note is the overacting of the witches and sorceresses, who are portrayed with extremely annoying cackling voices. Nahum Tate used his own Brutus of Alba as the main source for the libretto. FTP, name this 1689 opera by Henry Purcell.
First performed at Mr. Josias Priest's Boarding School for Girls in Chelsea, it was written in response to John Blow's Venus and Adonis.
{Dido and Aeneas}