is the Founder and Artistic Director of Opera Lafayette, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Opera Lafayette performs its entire season in Washington, DC, and New York. It has been invited to perform at Versailles twice, has released 12 recordings and 2 DVDs, and has presented many modern premieres of important historical operas. Years ago, he regularly performed with the Folger Consort as a violinist.
Venus and Adonis: The classical myth that inspired Shakespeare's epic poem and John Blow's 17th-century opera
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Esther FrenchRyan Brown
What many consider to be the earliest known English opera shares its mythological subject with Shakespeare’s most popular published work during his lifetime: the epic poem Venus and Adonis. Here we see great artists from different centuries using different art…
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