Thy hand, Belinda… When I am laid in earth…
112. Dido and Aeneas (Purcell)
Category: 17th century opera
111. Venus and Adonis (Blow)
The first opera in English.
110. Persée (Lully)
Quinault petrifies the Greek myths, as if with the Gorgon's head, into bland and predictable court entertainment.
