WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Metropolitan Opera's broadcast of "Grounded" airs at the Clark Art Institute on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 1 pm in the latest installment of the 2024–25 season of The Met: Live in HD. This award-winning series of live, high-definition cinema simulcasts features the full live performance along with backstage interviews and commentary. 

 

The Clark broadcasts the opera in its auditorium, located in the Manton Research Center.

 

According to a press release:

 

Tony Award–winning composer Jeanine Tesori's powerful new opera "Grounded" premieres at the Metropolitan Opera, wrestling with often-overlooked issues created by twenty first-century warmaking. Canadian mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo stars as the hotshot 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. American tenor Ben Bliss costars as the Wyoming rancher Eric in a production by Michael Mayer that brings this story to life in a high-tech staging which presents a variety of perspectives on the action.

 

Tickets $25 ($22 members, $18 students, $5 children 15 and under). Advance registration encouraged; capacity is limited. To purchase tickets, visit clarkart.edu/events or call the box office at 413 458 0524. No refunds.