The Politics of American Grand Opera: Hammerstein I, The Met, Natoma and Victor Herbert | Talkback/Lecture

One of America’s most beautiful operas was deflated by the historic 1906-1910 feud between Oscar Hammerstein I and The Metropolitan Opera Company. Soprano Sarah Caldwell Smith, Soprano Vira Slywotzky, Tenor Daniel Greenwood, and pianist William Hicks join Artistic Director Alyce Mott for a taste of both the beauty and intrigue of America’s first grand opera.