Season two of The Gilded Age has between old and new money New York society matrons over the city's elite opera houses - and the real-life 1880s Opera Wars that inspired the plot were every bit as dramatic. The latest run of the the glossy period drama, which began Sunday, sees the fictional nouveau-riche Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) clash with her old money mentor Caroline Astor (Donna Murphy) after being denied a box at the Academy of Music.Bertha, the relentless social-climbing wife of railroad tycoon , believes that securing a box at the opera is the key to ascending to the pinnacle of high society because of the networking opportunities it offers.
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