Grounded,” the new work that opened the season, has been joined by revivals of three Puccini, Verdi and Offenbach classics.

Jeanine Tesori becomes the first woman composer to open a season in the Metropolitan Opera’s 141-year history when a revised “Grounded” starring mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo is featured at Monday night’s gala.

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.

The Metropolitan Opera opened its season Monday with the company premiere of Grounded, with a score by Jeanine Tesori and a libretto by George Brant. Theater critic Sara Holdren and music critic Justin Davidson discussed how the opera deals with the intimate story of a fighter pilot who gets pregnant,