The Stony Brook Opera and Baroque Players under the direction of Arthur Haas, are proud to present George Frideric Handel's great operatic masterpiece, Acis and Galatea. This lovely "pastoral entertainment" has become Handel's most popular vocal work, boasting of hundreds of performances since its premiere in 1718. It is filled with memorable tunes and dramatic choruses as it relates the myth commemorating the immortal love between Acis and Galatea whose plans were thwarted by the one-eyed monster Polyphemus. The story is first told by Ovid in his Metamorphosis, book xiii.

Sunday, February 13 at 3 PM

$ 20 general admission, $ 10 students under 21

Cellist Alistair MacRae presents a recital of music by J.S. Bach, Schumann, Beethoven and Samuel Barber's sonata for cello and piano. Artistic Director of Fountain Ensemble, Mr. MacRae has performed in New York's top venues with many well-known collaborators including members of the Tokyo, Takacz and Emerson Quartets..

Sunday, February 20 at 3 PM

$ 20 general admission, $ 10 students under 21

In all the realm of art there is nothing comparable to set beside Wagner's immense, four-part music drama, "Der Ring des Nibelungen." Using hyper-expressive music and the suggestive, intuitive power of myth, Wagner weaves a tale of divine and human folly and redemption, as relevant in our day as in his.

You are invited to begin the "Ring Experience" with our winter musicologist, Prentiss Dunn, visiting from Vienna, Austria.

In view of the Metropolitan Opera's spectacular new production of the Ring this season, which can be enjoyed by everyone in theaters all over the world as part of "The Metropolitan Opera's Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD" this lecture series is timely and not to be missed.   

Saturday, February 19, 4 - 6 PM

Saturday, February 26, 4 - 6 PM

General admission: $ 10