John Blow’s Venus and Adonis
Concerts & Performances
Date
Monday, February 22, 2016, 7:30 pm
Organization
FIU School of Music
Categories
Concerts & Performances
Place
Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center Concert Hall
Address
10910 S.W. 17th Street, Miami
In Celebration of Shakespeare First Folio at the Frost Art Museum, the FIU School of Music will present John Blow’s Venus and Adonis, a collaborative opera-theatre production with the FIU Department of Theatre., featuring the Collegium Musicum with a special guest appearance by members of the Conchita Espinosa Academy Children’s Chorus. This one-act opera is based on the poem of the same name by William Shakespeare. The production’s unique interpretation explores the values of classical mythology through the lens of 21st-century pop culture. Directed by Philip M. Church. Admission is $13 online and $15 at the door; $5 for students.