The Met in HD: Grounded

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DESCRIPTION:
Experience award-winning opera as you’ve never seen it before—larger than life with better-than-front-row angles, glorious sound, and exclusive access behind the scenes—in this state-of-the-art, delayed transmission of Grounded from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

Commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare. Starring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo as a hot-shot fighter pilot turned drone operator, Met music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin oversees the Met premiere of Tesori’s kaleidoscopic score and a cast that also features tenor Ben Bliss. 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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Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by the USC School of Cinematic Arts in conjunction with the USC Thornton School of Music and the Metropolitan Opera.