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About the event
Two-time Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded, commissioned by the Met and based on librettist George Brant’s acclaimed play, wrestles with the ethical quandaries and psychological toll of 21st-century warfare. Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, one of opera’s most compelling young stars, portrays Jess, a hot-shot fighter pilot whose unplanned pregnancy takes her out of the cockpit and lands her in Las Vegas, operating a Reaper drone halfway around the world. As she struggles to adjust to this new way of doing battle, she fights to maintain her sanity, and her soul, as she is called to rain down death by remote control. Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin oversees the Met premiere of Tesori’s kaleidoscopic score and a cast that also features tenor Ben Bliss as the Wyoming rancher who becomes Jess’s husband. Michael Mayer’s high-tech staging, using a vast array of LED screens, presents a variety of perspectives on the action, including the drone’s predatory view from high above.
Content Advisory: Grounded contains adult language and war sequences.
Trailer: https://youtu.be/8mZM53wuWbw?si=fJ4QqBUsK8_nqZbB
Premiere Elements
- 23 February 2025 (SUN) 4:15pm
- 2130, 2/F, Fire, ELEMENTS, 1 Austin Road West, Kowloon map
K11 Art House
- 30 March 2025 (SUN) 3:00pm
- Level 4, K11 MUSEA, Victoria Dockside, 18 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon (East Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station Exit J) map
Emperor Cinemas (Entertainment Building)
- 11 May 2025 (SUN) 4:00pm
- 3/F, Entertainment Building, 30 Queens Road Central, Central, Hong Kong map
Latest screening schedule: https://bit.ly/4fdQC5F
*Senior and Student: $230
* 10% off upon showing Hong Kong Arts Administrators Association (HKAAA) membership card at cinemas’ ticket office
* 25% off (HKD 218) upon presenting a valid student card for identification at the box office for Hong Kong University students to be eligible for the discount.
About the organizer
The Foundation for the Arts and Music in Asia (FAMA) is a not-for-profit organisation created to increase the awareness of classical vocal music in the region and to foster an appreciation of the art of Western opera. With The Met: Live in HD program, FAMA is delighted to give residents of Hong Kong the opportunity to experience world-class opera performances from one of the world’s most famous opera companies, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, at selected cinemas in Hong Kong.