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The blossoming of the English opera. First perfomed before the court at Oxford in 1681, "Venus & Adonis" was presented as a "masque for de entertainment of the King " (Charles II). Like Purcell´s "Dido and Aeneas", it is un fact a true opera, totally succesful in concept , original in musical content and movingin the characterisation of the protagonist. Borrowing the notion of the oveture, the prologue an the instrumental dances from the French opera an juxtaposing them with the lenguage of Italian music. Blow here created his masterpiece and one of the summits of 17th century English music.