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Jeanine Tesori’s Grounded

Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin conducts this powerful new opera at the Met in New York, starring Emily D'Angelo as the hot-shot fighter pilot Jess, grounded by an unplanned pregnancy

Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin conducts this powerful new opera at the Met in New York, starring Emily D'Angelo as the fighter pilot Jess, grounded by an unplanned pregnancy.

Grounded, the fourth opera by Jeanine Tesori, who's won more awards than any other female theatre composer in American history, was premiered in Washington DC in October 2023 and now comes to the New York Metropolitan Opera. Its heroine Jess, grounded in Las Vegas and reassigned to controlling drones in Afghanistan, feels pressured to be the perfect soldier, the perfect wife to rancher Eric, and the perfect mother, all at the same time.

Presented by Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff.

The opera includes adult themes, upsetting scenes and very strong language that some listeners may find offensive.

Jess ..... Emily D'Angelo (mezzo-soprano)
Also Jess ..... Ellie Dehn (soprano)
Eric ..... Ben Bliss (tenor)
Sensor ..... Kyle Miller (baritone)
Commander ..... Greer Grimsley (bass-baritone)
Sam, Jess and Eric's daughter ..... Lucy LoBue (treble)
Seatwarmer ..... Timothy Murray (baritone)
Bar Pilot ..... Earle Patriarco (baritone)
Mission Coordinator ..... Christopher Bozeka (tenor)
Ground Control ..... Thomas Capobianco (tenor)
Joint Terminal Attack Controller ..... Paul Corona (bass)
Safety Observer ..... Christopher Job (bass-baritone)
Judge Advocate General ..... Matthew Anchel (bass)
Mall Employees ..... Patrick Miller (tenor), Tyler Simpson (bass-baritone)
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor Yannick NΓ©zet-SΓ©guin

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Music Played

  • Jeanine Tesori

    Grounded (Act 1)

    Singer: Emily D'Angelo. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.

  • Jeanine Tesori

    Grounded (Act 2)

    Singer: Emily D'Angelo. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

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    Performer: Karin Langebo. Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Singer: Britt Marie Aruhn. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Ingmari Landin. Singer: Erland HagegΓ₯rd. Singer: Ulf Lundmark. Choir: Mikaeli kammarkΓΆr. Orchestra: Royal Swedish Orchestra. Conductor: Anders Eby.
    • Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio - Respighi: Lauda per la nativita.
    • Proprius.
    • 1-10.

  • Arthur Honegger

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    Performer: Robert Court. Singer: James Rutherford. Choir: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Chorus of Wales. Choir: Tewkesbury Abbey Choir. Choir: Dean Close School Chamber Choir. Choir: Schola Cantorum. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Honegger: Une Cantate de NoΓ«l, Cello Concerto & Other Orchestral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17-18.

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