Geraldine Farrar
Birthplace: Melrose, Massachusetts, United States
An American soprano, one of the Metropolitan Opera's great stars for sixteen seasons and the first Suor Angelica. She made her debut in Berlin in 1901 as Marguerite in Faust, and then studied with Lilli Lehmann. She joined the Met in 1906, first appearing as Juliette, and stayed until 1922, excelling in Mozart and French roles and most popular as Butterfly and Carmen. She created the Goose Girl in Humperdinck's Königskinder in 1910 and Angelica in 1918. Between seasons she starred in silent films, among them Cecil B. DeMille's Carmen, and she left the stage in 1922 as Zazà.
Creations
- Suor Angelica — Suor Angelica (New York, 1918)
Written from
- Shawe-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).