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Geraldine Farrar

1882Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897.–1967Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897. · American · sopranoShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897.

Birthplace: Melrose, Massachusetts, United StatesShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897.

An American sopranoShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897., one of the Metropolitan Opera's great stars for sixteen seasonsShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). and the first Suor AngelicaShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897.. A pupil of Lilli LehmannShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897., she made her debut in Berlin in 1901 as Marguerite in FaustShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897.. She joined the Met in 1906, first appearing as JulietteShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897., and stayed until 1922Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897., excelling in Mozart and French roles and most popular as Butterfly and CarmenShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.. She created the Goose Girl in Humperdinck's Königskinder in 1910 and Angelica in 1918Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 896-897.. Between seasons she starred in silent filmsWikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)., among them Cecil B. DeMille's CarmenWikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)., and she left the stage in 1922 as ZazàShawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Farrar, Geraldine', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 125.Wikipedia (2026) Geraldine Farrar. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)..

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