The Banker and Ballerina: How Goldman Partner Waltzed Misty

The champagne is chilling under the Chagalls at the Metropolitan Opera House as Valentino Carlotti awaits his brightest star, Misty Copeland.

Backstage, Copeland is preparing for her New York debut in the double role of Odette/Odile in “Swan Lake,” a performance that would end with thunderous bravos for a phenom who on Tuesday was named a principal dancer of the American Ballet Theatre, the first African-American woman to hold the title.