“The Kaiser’s Royal Opera of Berlin, which has been a hotbed of jealous intrigue ever since the invasion of American singers began a few years ago, is agitated afresh over the piquant quarrel between the Opera’s leading prima donna, Mlle. Emmy Destinn, the Bohemian soprano, and Geraldine Farrar, Berlin’s charming American favorite, both of whom are about to begin engagements on the Metropolitan stage in New York.” [New York Times]