Jeanine Tesori / LIBRETTO BY George Brant
Grounded
LIVE IN HD
Overview
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, wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, one of opera’s most compelling young stars, portrays 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 struggles to adjust to this new way of doing battle, she fights to maintain her sanity, and her soul, as she is called to rain down death by remote control. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin oversees the Met premiere of Tesori’s kaleidoscopic score and a cast that also features tenor Ben Bliss as the Wyoming rancher who becomes Jess’s husband. 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. This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.
English StreamText captioning is available for the Met’s transmission of Grounded here. A transcript of the transmission will also be available to view after the live performance.
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Production a gift of Andrew J. Martin-Weber and Lynne and Richard Pasculano
Additional support from the Laidlaw Foundation and The H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D. and Oscar Tang Endowment Fund
Grounded is part of the Neubauer Family Foundation New Works Initiative
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ESTIMATED RUN TIME
2 HRS 45 MINS, WITH ONE INTERMISSION
Cast
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Creators
Production
Michael Mayer
Set Designer
Mimi Lien
Costume Designer
Tom Broecker
Lighting Designer
Kevin Adams
Co–Projection Designer
Jason H. Thompson
Co–Projection Designer
Kaitlyn Pietras
Sound Designer
Palmer Hefferan
Choreographer
David Neumann
Dramaturg
Paul Cremo
Composer
Jeanine Tesori
Librettist
George Brant