Great Performances at the Met: Season 2025, Episode 1

2025 - 1: Grounded

Experience two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori's new opera based on librettist George Brant's acclaimed play. Mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo stars as 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. Production staged by Michael Mayer; Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts.