Her friends inform Augusta, now living in Denver, that Horace plans to divorce her. They sing of their love.Ī year later, Tabor has left Augusta and is living with Baby Doe. When Augusta leaves, Baby decides against leaving at the same time Horace comes in. She agrees, but pleads that she and Horace have done nothing they should be ashamed of ("I Knew It Was Wrong"). Augusta comes in and tells Baby to leave. She sings of her love for Horace in a letter to her mother (the "Letter Aria"). The hotel workers go to find Horace so he can head her off. Horace comes in, they fight and Horace says he never meant to hurt her.īaby Doe, at the hotel, realizes she must end her relationship with Horace and tells the hotel workers to find out when the next train leaves for Denver. She thinks they are for her until she finally realizes that they are for Baby Doe. Several months later, Augusta goes through Horace's study and finds gloves and a love letter.
Augusta's comments from upstairs stop the scene. He sings "Warm as the Autumn Light" to her.
Horace hears Baby singing "The Willow Song" and applauds her-much to her surprise since she did not know he was listening. He overhears two women speaking about the woman and learns that her name is Baby Doe, and that she has a husband in Central City. He obliges her, and returns to the opera with Augusta.Īugusta retires for the evening, while Horace steps outside to smoke a cigar. Near the end of intermission, a woman arrives, introduces herself to Horace and asks if he could direct her to her hotel. Horace pleads with her not to insult the common people, equating the prostitutes' and bar girls' work to the work her committee did in helping build the opera house. During intermission at a performance at the opera house, Augusta chides Horace for not acting in accordance to his station in life. Horace sings "It's a Bang Up Job" to the townspeople, praising his new opera house and sharing his disenchantment with his wife Augusta. Horace Tabor owns the whole town of Leadville, Colorado, reaping the riches of its Matchless Mine.
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