Puccini’s thrilling drama set in the Wild West returns in Richard Jones’s first new production of the opera at the Met in 30 years. Soprano Vida Miknevičiūtė stars as Minnie, the tough yet warm-hearted saloon owner who finds love in the most unexpected place. Tenor SeokJong Baek plays a handsome outlaw who arrives in a remote mining town in California and steals her heart.