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A New Opera Shines Light on Ukrainian Families Separated by War

The Metropolitan Opera, hoping to revive support for Kyiv, released an excerpt from “The Mothers of Kherson,” about abducted Ukrainian children and their relatives.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Blain-Cruz, Lileana Brant, George D'Angelo, Emily (Singer) Grounded (Opera) Heaston, Nicole Mazzoli, Missy Metropolitan Opera Opera Opera Philadelphia Tesori, Jeanine The Listeners (Opera) Vavrek, Royce

Opera Is Still Obsessed With the Suffering of Women

Two new works, “The Listeners” and “Grounded,” echo the age-old spectacle of female disintegration and show the tension of fitting modern stories into old forms.

By Zachary Woolfe

Bliss, Ben Brant, George D'Angelo, Emily (Singer) Grounded (Opera) Mayer, Michael Metropolitan Opera Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Tesori, Jeanine

Review: A Devastated Drone Pilot Opens the Met Opera’s Season

Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s bloodless “Grounded,” about a fighter pilot turned dissociating drone operator, stars the mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo.

By Zachary Woolfe

Bliss, Ben Brant, George Classical Music D'Angelo, Emily (Singer) Drones (Pilotless Planes) Grounded (Opera) Lien, Mimi Mayer, Michael Nezet-Seguin, Yannick Opera Tesori, Jeanine

Review: A Devastated Drone Pilot Opens the Met Opera’s Season

Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s bloodless “Grounded,” about a fighter pilot turned dissociating drone operator, stars the mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo.

By Zachary Woolfe