St Marylebone Parish Church17 Marylebone Rd, London, Greater London, NW1 5LT, United Kingdom
Festival: St Marylebone Festival
Dates/times in London time zone
| Saturday 30 January 2027 | 17:00 |
Programme
| Purcell, Henry (1659-1695) | Welcome, Vicegerent of the Mighty King, Z 340 | |
| Blow, John (1649-1708) | Venus and Adonis |
Performers
| The Archduke's Consort | |
| Luke Mitchell | Conductor |
An evening of lavish music from the court of Charles II: at its heart is a full staging of the earliest surviving complete opera in the English language – John Blow's magnificent Venus and Adonis, a work both witty and tragic, with remarkable choruses.
This is preceded by the first ode for Charles II written by Henry Purcell: Welcome, Vicegerent of the Mighty King.
This performance will be St Marylebone Festival's second full staging of an opera, following Jonathan Dove's Mansfield Park in 2024, a performance which received 5-star reviews in the national press.
