Metropolitan Opera Saturday Matinee - December 14, 2024 - GROUNDED
The Metropolitan Opera continues its 2024-25 season of Saturday matinee broadcasts on December 14 with the network premiere of Grounded by Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori, with a libretto by George Brant, based on his acclaimed play. This performance from October 19, 2024, starred American mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo in the tour-de-force role of Jess, an ace fighter pilot who becomes a drone operator and confronts the ethical and emotional toll of modern-day warfare. Tenor Ben Bliss played Jess’s supportive husband, Eric, and the cast also featured Ellie Dehn, Kyle Miller, and Greer Grimsley. Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin led the Met Orchestra and Chorus in Tesori’s vibrant score. Grounded will be heard over the Robert K. Johnson Foundation-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 14, 2024.
- 1:00pm Introduction to the Opera by Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff on live (live)
- 1:00pm MetOpera_Grounded_2024-12-14_Part 1 by on Single
- 1:09pm Grounded - Act 1 by Emily D’Angelo, Ben Bliss, Ellie Dehn, Kyle Miller, and Greer Grimsley with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading the Met Orchestra and Chorus on live (live)
- 2:00pm Grounded - Act 1 by Emily D’Angelo, Ben Bliss, Ellie Dehn, Kyle Miller, and Greer Grimsley with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading the Met Orchestra and Chorus on live (live)
- 2:00pm MetOpera_Grounded_2024-12-14_Part 2 by on Single
- 2:11pm Opera Intermission by Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff on live (live)
- 2:38pm Grounded - Act 2 by Emily D’Angelo, Ben Bliss, Ellie Dehn, Kyle Miller, and Greer Grimsley with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading the Met Orchestra and Chorus on live (live)
- 3:00pm Grounded - Act 2 by Emily D’Angelo, Ben Bliss, Ellie Dehn, Kyle Miller, and Greer Grimsley with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin leading the Met Orchestra and Chorus on live (live)
- 3:00pm MetOpera_Grounded_2024-12-14_Part 3 by on Single
- 3:27pm Opera Closing by Debra Lew Harder and Ira Siff on live (live)
- 3:33pm La Fleur Que Tu M'Avais Jetée by 01 Bizet- Carmen on Single
- 3:37pm Recondita Armonia by 10 Puccini- Tosca on Single
- 3:40pm Vivat, Vivat Le Torero!... Votre Toast by 06 Bizet- Carmen on Single
- 3:46pm 08 Lara- Granada by on Single
- 3:50pm Hai Ben Ragione by 11 Puccini- Il Tabarro on Single
- 3:53pm Don Ottavio, Son Morta!.. Or Sai Chi L'Onore by 05 Mozart- Don Giovanni on Single
- 3:59pm And I Have Journeyed For A Month, Or Nearly by 05 Gilbert & Sullivan- The Mikado on Single