Nearly 10 years after it was first imagined as an opera, “Grounded” is ready to take flight.
This image released by the Washington National Opera shows a scene from"Grounded," an opera about a female fighter pilot who is reassigned to direct unmanned drone attacks on terrorists thousands of miles away. The opera is having its world premiere at the Washington National Opera. With music by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto adapted by George Brant from his own play, “Grounded” tells the story of an F-16 fighter pilot who becomes pregnant and leaves the service.
Brant said when Cremo first asked if he’d be interested in helping adapt his play, “I was thinking maybe a chamber opera on a less grand scale.” The creative team, which soon included director Michael Mayer, worked steadily for the next several years, even during the pandemic lockdown. The panels are mapped with software that allows for real-time video and projections. At time, radar-like images displayed on the back wall give the audience the sense of what remote warfare feels like for Jess as she sits isolated in her trailer on a platform high above the stage.
“To sing this part, I think you really have to have a toughness,” D’Angelo said. “Jess’s tenacity and strength are things you have to really draw from within yourself. You can’t be faking it. It has to come from somewhere very deep and very real.”
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