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Grounded, but a Vocal High-Flyer

Grounded, but a Vocal High-Flyer

Michael Mayer directs Grounded in New York (*****) [cinema]

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Oct 21, 2024
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Emily D’Angelo  as Jess © Ken Howard /Met Opera

Unusual circumstances on the stage of the Metropolitan: a woman as a combat pilot in the US Air Force. And it’s about her that this opera revolves. At first glance, it might seem more fitting for a Netflix series stretched over the proverbial "8 seasons," inevitably turning into a, well, soap opera. But not…

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Eredocent opera aan de LUCA School of Arts en bestuurslid van het Vlaamse Wagnergenootschap
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