VENUS & ADONIS by John Blow (Full Opera)

In John Blow's 1683 "masque", the goddess Venus falls in love with the handsome mortal Adonis. She urges him to go on the hunt against his desire to stay with her. When he is fatally wounded, Venus must mourn for eternity.

00:00 Prologue
13:10 Act I
24:08 Act II
38:56 Act III
48:36 Credits

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