MET OPERA LIVE IN HD – GROUNDED

19 OCT 2024: Emily D’Angelo stars in Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera GROUNDED – transmitted live to cinemas on 19 October.

Two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera GROUNDED, commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, has its awaited company premiere. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, one of opera’s most compelling young stars, headlines in the tour-de-force role of Jess, a hot-shot fighter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. As she adjusts to this new way of doing battle, she struggles under the pressure to be the perfect soldier, the perfect wife, and the perfect mother all at the same time. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin takes the podium, leading a cast that also features tenor Ben Bliss as the Wyoming rancher who sweeps Jess off her feet. Michael Mayer’s high-tech staging, using a vast array of LED screens, presents a variety of perspectives on the action, including the drone’s predatory view from high above.

The live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning LIVE IN HD series, presented in Germany and Austria by Clasart Classic.

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Production Company The Metropolitan Opera
Composer Jeanine Tesori
Libretto George Brant
Orchestra / Band The Metropolitan Opera
Conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Stage Director Michael Mayer
Soloists Emily D'Angelo, Ben Bliss, Greer Grimsley