The Metropolitan Opera will hold its Opening Night Gala at 5:30 p.m. The 2024–25 season opens with the anticipated company premiere of Jeanine Tesori’s powerful new opera Grounded, commissioned by the Met. Mark the occasion in style with cocktails before curtain and a post-performance gala dinner with the cast and creative team, including Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin and mezzo-soprano Emily D’Angelo, who stars as hot- shot fighter pilot turned drone operator Jess. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit metopera.org.