GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: Grounded

By Jennifer Robinson / Web Producer

Published March 18, 2025 at 11:02 AM PDT

Emily D'Angelo as Jess and Kyle Miller as the Sensor in a scene from Jeanine Tesori's "Grounded."

Premieres Friday, March 21, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app

Two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s new opera, "Grounded" is commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s play.

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Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo 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.

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Greer Grimsley (above) as the Commander and Emily D'Angelo as Jess in a scene from Jeanine Tesori's "Grounded."

As she adjusts to this new way of doing battle, she struggles under the pressure to be the perfect soldier, wife, and mother all at the same time.

Ben Bliss as Eric, Lucy LoBue as Sam, and Emily D'Angelo as Jess in Jeanine Tesori's "Grounded."

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.

Emily D'Angelo as Jess and Kyle Miller as the Sensor in Jeanine Tesori's "Grounded."

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Ben Bliss as Eric and Emily D'Angelo as Jess in Jeanine Tesori's "Grounded."

GREAT PERFORMANCES AT THE MET: Grounded

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