Grounded (Opera)

Theater to Stream Now: ‘Beckett Briefs’ and One of Gavin Creel’s Last Shows

Also available for streaming: A masterful F. Murray Abraham in “Beckett Briefs,” and Christopher Walken and Susan Sarandon in a take on “Streetcar.”

By Elisabeth Vincentelli

Baek, SeokJong Bernheim, Benjamin D'Angelo, Emily (Singer) Grounded (Opera) Kelsey, Quinn Kurzak, Aleksandra Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Opera Rigoletto (Opera) Sierra, Nadine Tosca (Opera)

The Metropolitan Opera’s Season Begins With a Boom

“Grounded,” the new work that opened the season, has been joined by revivals of three Puccini, Verdi and Offenbach classics.

By Zachary Woolfe

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