Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare return to the Met, featuring soprano Angel Blue as the French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman in his long-awaited company debut as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who provides her an alternative to her life of excess.

Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts Nicolas Joël’s Art Deco–inspired staging, which transports audiences from the heart of Parisian nightlife to a dreamy vision of the French Riviera. In their Met debuts, soprano Emily Pogorelc and tenor Bekhzod Davronov complete the sterling cast as Lisette and Prunier.