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Conductor

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Steven Osgood

Stage director

Michael Mayer

Set designer

Mimi Lien

Costume designer

Tom Broecker

Lighting designer

Kevin Adams

Video designer

Jason H Thompson

Kaitlyn Pietras

Sound designer

Palmer Hefferan

Choreographer

David Neumann

Dramaturge

Paul Cremo

Singer

Mezzo-soprano

Emily D'Angelo

Jess

Tenor

Ben Bliss

Eric

Soprano

Kirsten MacKinnon

Also Jess

Baritone

Kyle Miller

Sensor

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Grounded

New York City

United States

Metropolitan Opera House

Grounded Tesori

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Private

Rahul Solomon

Approved

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.

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