I have to do mea culpa for being quite soapy in the expectations of The Gilded Age because I thought that the disagreement between Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) and Caroline Astor (Donna Murphy) would revolve around the dispute for a “noble” (literally) husband to your daughters. Was wrong! The focus of the drama that was announced in the Season 2 trailer will be duels with opera houses, something that actually happened and, of course, was led by Alva Vanderbilt, Bertha’s inspirational source.

The information was made official by the producer of the series in an interview with Vanity Fair, David Crockett, who revealed that the plot will recount how the disputed cultural season was in 1883, where two Opera houses competed for the public’s preference.

Today we know who “won” because the Academy of Music no longer exists, but the Metropolitan Opera, or just the Met, is still the cultural heart of New York. Inaugurated 140 years ago, at a different address (at 39th Street and Broadway, where the Old Met is located), the current building at Lincoln Center dates from 1966. It doesn’t matter, North America’s largest classical music organization has brilliant seasons and almost 30 productions a year. I’ll talk about how the actual conflict that will be adapted in The Gilded Age was in a separate post.

Another thing, one that wasn’t made clear in the trailer is the journey of Peggy Scott (Denée Scott), who will lead on what life was like in Brooklyn and black society at the turn of the 19th century, including the entrance of historical characters as well. Likewise, it has already been mentioned that just like Downton Abbey, where the dramas of the “upper part of the house” and the “part of the backstage” were followed, we will also have more details of the lives of those who work in the homes of the wealthy in Manhattan.

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