A passionate love story will air live from The Metropolitan Opera in New York City on Saturday to the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center.

Giacomo Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” stars Kristine Opolais and Roberto Alagna as the main characters, Manon Lescaut and Chevalier des Grieux.

While the Met planned this production to feature Opolais’s interpretation of the title role, Alagna had just a few weeks to learn the staging and prepare a role he had never sung, when the scheduled singer withdrew because of illness, according to a press release.

The opera opened Feb. 21 with rave reviews of the “most handsomely executed performance of this opera,” the release stated.

The opera will air at 11:55 a.m., with a brief Meet the Met at 11:30 a.m. in the theater for people to find out more about the opera, composer and synopsis.

Tickets may be purchased at the box office of the theater an hour before the opera. Adult tickets are $20, and student tickets are $12. Limited free student tickets with a school ID are available.

The following is a roundup of other events taking place this weekend:

 

Friday

A Cabin Fever Flea Market will be at Northbridge Mall on north Bridge Avenue.

American Legion Post 56 will host an all-you-can-eat fish fry from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at 142 N. Broadway. Menu includes fish, baked potato, coleslaw, roll, tartar sauce, coffee and water. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 6 to 10 and free for children 5 and under.

 

Saturday

• A Cabin Fever Flea Market will be at Northbridge Mall on north Bridge Avenue.

• A defensive driving refresher course will be from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Freeborn County Historical Museum. A four-hour refresher class is required every three years after the initial eight-hour class. The cost is $20 for AARP members and $25 for non-AARP members. Register by calling 373-8300 or by stopping by the museum. People will need their driver’s license info and your AARP membership number.

• The Full-Draw Archery Club will host a 3-D tournament from 3 to 9 p.m. at 133 S. Newton Ave. There will be 10 shooting lanes with 3-D pop-up targets, 3-D animals and moving targets. The tournament continues on Sunday.

• National Theatre Live will present “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” from 7 to 9 p.m. at 147 N. Broadway.  Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo spent three years in Annawadi recording the lives of its residents. From her uncompromising book, winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2012, David Hare has fashioned a tumultuous play.

The Albert Lea Figure Skating Club will present its 55th annual show, “Lights, camera, skate!” at 7 p.m. at Albert Lea City Arena. Tickets are available from members, at the Albert Lea Convention and Visitors Bureau and at the door. Cost at the door is $10 per adult, $8 per student and free for children 5 and younger.

 

Sunday

• A Cabin Fever Flea Market will be at Northbridge Mall on north Bridge Avenue.

The Glenville American Legion will host a pancake breakfast and bake sale with kolache from 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Proceeds will benefit the care and maintenance of the Brick Hall in Myrtle.

Alden American Legion Post 404 will host a breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon. Menu includes pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage links, milk, juice and coffee. Cost is $5. Children under age 6 are free.

Senior Resources will have a Denny Brue’s pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bayview/Freeborn Funeral Home, 1415 Minnesota Highway 13. Donations will be accepted. Senior Resources provides advocacy, caregiver support, classes for healthy living, guardianship services, ride services, chore services and AARP Tax Aide.

The Full-Draw Archery Club will host a 3-D tournament from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 133 S. Newton Ave. There will be 10 shooting lanes with 3D pop-up targets, 3D animals and moving targets. An open house for the Albert Lea Schools Art Show will be from 1 to 4 p.m. at Northbridge Mall, 2510 Bridge Ave.

The Albert Lea Figure Skating Club will present its 55th annual show, “Lights, camera, skate!” at 2 p.m. at Albert Lea City Arena. Tickets are available from members, at the Albert Lea Convention and Visitors Bureau and at the door. Cost at the door is $10 per adult, $8 per student and free for children 5 and younger.

The Wells Area Food Shelf will have an afternoon of music and fun at 3 p.m. in the United South Central auditorium, 600 11th St. NW in Wells. Performing will be New Richland native Gavin Berg, The St. Andrews Sisters and local talent the Wells Bell Choir, Brett Pederson and a trio with Sam Boerboom on clarinet, Lynnea Eckhoff on cello and John Degner on piano. Donations will be accepted.

A made-to-order omelette breakfast will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Alden-Conger School cafeteria. Omelettes can be made with ham, cheese, mushrooms, onions, peppers and black olives. The meal also includes a hash brown patty, muffins, orange juice, milk and coffee. Proceeds will benefit Morin Lake Days, which are slated for June 17-19. Cost is $7 for adults, with a second omelette costing $3, $3 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children under age 5. Take out is available upon request.