Galas & Special Events
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2024-25 Season
JEANINE TESORI / LIBRETTO BY GEORGE BRANT
Grounded
Opening Night Gala
Monday, September 23, 2024 5:30PM ET
The 2024–25 season opens with the anticipated company premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded, commissioned by the Met. Mark the occasion in style with cocktails before curtain and a post-performance gala dinner with the cast and creative team, including Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, who stars as hot-shot fighter pilot turned drone operator Jess.
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Libretto by George Brant, based on his play Grounded
Production a gift of Andrew J. Martin-Weber and Lynne and Richard Pasculano
Additional support from the Laidlaw Foundation and The H.M. Agnes Hsu-Tang, Ph.D. and Oscar Tang Endowment Fund
Grounded is part of the Neubauer Family Foundation New Works Initiative
Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera
Developed by the Metropolitan Opera / Lincoln Center Theater New Works Program
A co-production of the Metropolitan Opera and Washington National Opera
- 5:30PM Cocktail Reception
- 6:30PM Performance
- Post Performance Cast Dinner
- Black Tie