The One-Week Marriage That's a Back Story to the Opera Fedora'
Briefly

Today we'll look at an old New York story, a soap opera-worthy tale that bubbled up as the Metropolitan Opera prepared to revive a real opera on New Year's Eve.Image Credit...Bettmann, Getty Images The bride was an Italian opera star with an appetite for money.The groom, who came from a famous old New York family, happily signed over much of his fortune to her  about $30 million in today's dollars.
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