The last opera streaming of the 2012-13 season will be this Saturday when local residents can see a high-definition viewing of “Giulio Cesare.”

This will be the 12th installment of simulcasts made available by the New York Metropolitan Opera. Saturday’s show begins at 11 a.m. The show runs more than four hours, with two intermissions where there will be coffee and cookies available for purchase.

The opera is sung in Italian with English subtitles and is a semi-comic, semi-tragic adventure story about the love story of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. It’s not entirely based on facts, but does have drama, romance, murder, political dealings and tragedy.

Tickets are $20 for general admission, $18 for season ticket holders of Albert Lea Community Theatre or Albert Lea Civic Music, and $12 for students under age 30.

A gathering called Meet the Met will be at 12:15 p.m. Friday at Prairie Wind Coffee. These are held the day before each opera so people can find out more about the Saturday show.

 

Friday

• Meet the Met, a pre-performance discussion, about Saturday’s opera will begin at 12:15 p.m. at Prairie Wind Coffee.

• ACT presents “Church Basement Ladies” at 7:30 p.m. at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for students.

 

Saturday

• Local residents can see the opera “Giulio Cesare” streamed live in HD from the New York Metropolitan Opera at 11 a.m. at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20 for general admission, $18 for ACT or Civic Music season ticket holders and $12 for students under age 30.

• Arc of Freeborn County will hold a Bowl-A-Thon at Holiday Lanes in Albert Lea at 1 p.m. The event raises funds for people with disabilities; bowling is free with $25 in pledges. For more information call 377-3469.

• A National Guard reunion will be from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Albert Lea American Legion Club. The reunion is for past and present members of Company G, Company A or Company D and their guests. Attendees are encouraged to bring photos to share.

• ACT presents “Church Basement Ladies” at 7:30 p.m. at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for students.

 

Sunday

• ACT presents “Church Basement Ladies” at 2 p.m. at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $18 for adults and $10 for students.

• The Albert Lea Cantori hosts a 40th anniversary concert at 3 p.m. at United Methodist Church in Albert Lea with music from Charles Gonoud’s “St. Cecilia Mass.” Donations will be accepted.