Mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo stars in Jeanine Tesori’s adaptation of George Brandt’s 2013 one-woman show
A view from inside Jess's trailer in Jeanine Tesori's “Grounded” at the Kennedy Center. The world premiere of “Grounded,” composer Jeanine Tesori’s operatic adaptation George Brant’s play, arrived last night to equal measure of anticipation and agita. Brant, who also wrote the libretto for the opera, made waves with his cutting one-woman show when it first landed in 2013, winning that year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
It’s unclear what, beyond strong voices, these extra bodies bring to the tale. Despite a powerfully forlorn aria in his casino uniform, Eric has all the depth of a deck of cards, and his chemistry with Jess is entirely entrusted to the music to convey. Far less is left to the imagination here. And while opera is the art of overdoing, Mayer’s literal widescreen treatment broadens the scope of “Grounded” to the point where the target too often falls out of sight.
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