Name: Grounded
Start: 2024-10-19T11:00:00
Location: Saratoga Market Center

Ben Bliss

Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Ellie Dehn

Emily D’Angelo

Kyle Miller

Greer Grimsley

Palmer Hefferan

Kevin Adams

Tom Broecker

David Neumann

Mimi Lien

Paul Cremo

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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.

EPSG:4326

Grounded

Saratoga Market Center