Mezzo-soprano Emily D'Angelo (C) in the role of Jess during a dress rehearsal for Jeanine Tesori's and George Brant's "Grounded" at the The Metropolitan Opera in New York City on September 19, 2024. New York's prestigious Metropolitan Opera will open its season Monday with "Grounded," a work that explores technological evolutions of war against the backdrop of motherhood. Commissioned by the Met and based on a one-woman play by George Brant, the piece kicking off the opera's 2024-25 season first opened at the Washington National Opera last year. (Photo by Timothy A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)