"Mezzo-Soprano Emily D'Angelo Prepares for Takeoff in the Metropolitan Opera's Grounded"
Find the full interview with Vogue's Christopher Barnard here.
"The Metropolitan Opera stage is no stranger to warfare, but what happens when it’s not a guy wielding a spear but a mezzo-soprano wearing a flight suit? Next week, 29-year-old Canadian Emily D’Angelo will appear at the Met in Grounded, the story of Jess Kelsen, a fighter pilot in the Iraq war who, following an unexpected pregnancy, reenters the Air Force as a drone operator. After purposefully missing a target and crashing her “Reaper” drone, however, she is court-martialed and imprisoned.
"Based on George Brant’s 2013 play of the same name, Grounded is a harrowing dive into the horrors of drone warfare—and its very human effects on the people pulling the trigger. Jeanine Tesori, the Tony-winning composer behind Fun Home and Kimberly Akimbo, wrote the score with D’Angelo in mind after an introduction from Peter Gelb, the Met Opera’s general manager. After a run at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, last year, the Michael Mayer–directed production is getting its final polish this week ahead of its Lincoln Center debut."
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