Farrar,+Geraldine

Biographical Information
Dates: 1882-1967  Dates in Ridgefield:

 author, Metropolitan Opera star, film star After studying voice in Berlin with famed opera soprano Lilli Lehmann, Farrar made her 1901 debut at age 21 in Berlin in Charles Gounod’s //Faust//. Her Metropolitan Opera debut was in 1906, where she appeared in the first Met performance of Giacomo Puccini’s //Madame Butterfly.// Her voice gave out at 40 from overwork; in all, she gave 95 performances as Madame Butterfly and 58 as Carmen in 16 seasons. Withal, she had a brilliant opera career. Of her singing, //The New York Times// wrote, “Hers was a startlingly original singing, full of verve and passion....” Capitalizing on her beauty, she appeared in silent movies, starring in more than a dozen films from 1915-1935, including playing Joan of Arc in the 1917 film, //Joan the Woman//. In 1935-1935, she was the commentator for radio broadcasts from the Met. Her personal life included a seven-year affair with Arturo Toscanini; she is rumored to have had a liaison with Enrico Caruso; and her stormy marriage to actor Lou Tellegan, who was chronically unfaithful, ended in scandal.

//The Autobiography of Geraldine Farrar: Such Sweet Compulsion, //1938 –Source: Wikipedia
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