Society Scandal Rocks New York: High-Stakes Heist of Opera Scores

March 9, 1911, was a day of high drama in the exclusive world of New York’s high society. A daring heist had shaken the very foundations of the city’s elite. Two precious opera scores, the prized possessions of the city’s most cultured and affluent residents, had vanished into thin air. The theft sent shockwaves through the community, leaving many to wonder how such a brazen crime could have occurred under their very noses.