Name: Grounded
Start: 2023-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-11-13T00:00:00.000Z
Location: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Organization

Admin

Sänger

Mezzosopran

Emily D'Angelo

Jess

Tenor

Joseph Dennis

Eric

Bass

Morris D Robinson

Commander

Frederick Ballentine

Trainer

Dirigat

Daniela Candillari

Regie

Michael Mayer

Bühnenbild

Mimi Lien

Kostümbild

Tom Broecker

Lichtgestaltung

Kevin Adams

Choreographie

David Neumann

Dramaturgie

Paul Cremo

Kyle Miller

Sensor

The Metropolitan Opera

Washington National Opera

Michael Butler

Kill Chain: Mission Coordinator

Videogestaltung

Kaitlyn Pietras

Jason H Thompson

Tongestaltung

Palmer Hefferan

Chordirektion

Steven Gathman

Sopran

Teresa Perrotta

Also Jess

Kinderstimme

Willa Cook

Joshua Dennis

Kill Chain: Ground Control

Bariton

Rob McGinness

Kill Chain: Joint Terminal Attack Controller

Jonathan Patton

Kill Chain: Safety Observer

Sergio Martinez Salazar

Kill Chain: Judge Advocate General

Orchestra

Washington National Opera Orchestra

Others

Washington National Opera Chorus

Englisch

Grounded

Washington

Vereinigte Staaten

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Grounded Tesori

Public

Private

Genehmigt

Jess is a hot shot F-16 fighter pilot, an elite warrior trained for the sky. When an unexpected pregnancy grounds her, she’s reassigned to the “chair force” to control drones in Afghanistan from the comfort of a trailer in Las Vegas. But war “with all the benefits of home” isn’t clear-cut. As Jess tracks terrorists by day and rocks her daughter to sleep by night, the boundary between her worlds becomes dangerously permeable.

From Tony Award®–winning composer Jeanine Tesori (WNO’s acclaimed Blue in our 2022–2023 season) comes the unmissable world premiere of Grounded. Adapted from the play by George Brant and featuring his libretto, Grounded is a story about what it means to wage war at a distance abetted by technology. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars as a pilot and mother shaken into a downward spiral as her separation between career and home crumbles. In a first for opera stages, massive LED-screen technology will immerse audiences in the psychological and social implications of war-by-proxy. What comes at the cost of technological advancement? What’s lost when technology distances us from the horror of war? And what price is inflicted upon the operator of a lone drone in a blue sky?

Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera
Developed by the Metropolitan Opera/Lincoln Center Theater New Works Program

Grounded is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Washington National Opera.

Music by Jeanine Tesori / Libretto based on the stage play by George Brant
In English with Projected English Titles

English

Aufführungskredite (Besetzung & Produktionsteam )

Besetzung

Produktionsteam

Ensemble

Co-Produzent