Met Live 2024-25: Grounded

Showings

Theater 3 Sat, Oct 19 1:00 PM

Description

October 19
NEW PRODUCTION


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.


Est. 2hrs 45mins with one intermission.
Tickets: $28/ Superstar Members $23.
SUNG IN ENGLISH.


This live cinema transmission is part of the Met’s award-winning Live in HD series, bringing opera to movie theaters across the globe.


The Moviehouse’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Support for the MetLive series at The Moviehouse is made possible in part by the generous support of Thomas C. Ragan.