Geraldine Farrar

Geraldine Farrar ( born February 28, 1882 in Melrose, Massachusetts, † March 11, 1967 in Ridgefield, Connecticut ) was an American opera singer.

Life

Farrar began twelve years her training with Mrs. JH Long in Boston and continued it at Emma Thursby in New York. In 1899 she came to Paris and became a student of Trabadello, then she completed her studies at Lilli Lehmann in Berlin. After stage debut in 1901 at the Court Opera in Berlin as Marguerite in Faust, she sang in 1906 in Berlin in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto as a partner of Enrico Caruso. By 1906, the American was a member of the Berlin Court Opera; with the German Crown Prince and his family, she was a friend. She appeared during this time in Monte Carlo, Paris, London, Stockholm and Brussels. In Monte Carlo 1905 she sang the title role in the premiere of Mascagni's Amica, 1906 in the world premiere of L' Ancêtre by Camille Saint- Saëns and the world premiere of Le Clown by Isaac de Camondo.

She went from 1915 on as an actress in silent film; to 1917 only, by the director Cecil B. DeMille. Among her most famous roles in DeMille Carmen (1915 ) and Joan the Woman ( 1917). Frequently Wallace Reid was her co-star.

Her numerous recordings they made from time to time one of the best-selling singers of Victor Records, with critics in contrast to the solo albums particularly praise their duets.

At the age of 40 years, she ended her career in opera. In the 1930s, she appeared as Radiokommentatorin in transmissions of opera performances at the Metropolitan Opera in appearance, before she sat down to rest.