OPERA
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2019
7:00 PM

Blow: Venus and Adonis
Opera Lafayette
Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue, East Harlem, Manhattan

$25-$105
https://operalafayette.org/calendar/blows-venus-amp-adonis

The first English opera (unless it's something other than an opera, like a Masque), John Blow's Venus and Adonis features the kind of stick-to-your-ribs tunes the English have always been good for. Enormously enjoyable, really. Opera Lafayette has been reviving rare operas with great style for 25 years now, and it's good to see them bringing the Baroque up to the Museo's extremely apt faded jewelbox of a theater.

MAKE A NIGHT OF IT: Before the show, the fast-casual West African food at Teranga has been getting knockout notices. After the show, you could do a lot worse than to walk over to everybody's favorite poultry restaurant, Mountain Bird.