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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

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The Creators of ‘Grounded’ Discuss Writing for the Met Opera

Jeanine Tesori and George Brant discuss the first time they heard “Grounded,” and how they instantly knew what they would change for the Met.

By Joshua Barone