Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-31
EAGER To SING
TO AMERICANS
GERALDINE FARRAR REJ0lCES
IN TRIP TO NATIVE LAND
Has Won Fame In Europe-Capti-
waited German Crown Prince
and Pleased the Kaiser
by Her Art
speclnl Cnhle 10 The Herald.

Special Gable TO The Herald
BERLIN. Dec. 30.-Geraldine Farrar,
the gifted young Massachusetts prima
donna who has just been engaged by
Director Conried of the New York
metropolitan opera, is one of the most
talked about young women In Ger
many and in European artistic circles
generally. She owes her fame chiefly
to her talents, for in four years she
has risen from the ranks of the un-
known to the pinnacle of operate glory
in this Mecca of great singers; but
what has made her name "a household
word everywhere German is spoken
ie the friendship she has long enjoyed
with the kaiser's family-principall
with the young German crown prince,
who before his recent marriage was
her avowed admirer.
Berlin's yellow press about a year
ago INDUCED in sensational stories
about the relations of the slender, bru'
nette Massachusetts soprano with the
kaiser's promising heir. One report
was so circumstantial as to credit
young Frederick Wilhelm with de-
sire to renounce the imperial throne
rather than lose the opportunity of
making Miss Farrar his bride. What
is without doubt nearer the truth is
simply that the crown prince, like any
impressionable youth, had conceived a
genuine fondness and admiration for
the American singers talents and
charms, and exercising princely pre-
rogative, showered upon her such at
tentions as prima donnas from time
immemorial have been accustomed to
receive from royal appreciators.
The kaiser himself has paid Miss
Tarrar homage. She sang at the Ber-
lin Schloss at private imperial din
ner party two years ago. Next day
court chamberlain arrived at her home
end left, with his majesty's compli-
ments, a magnificent brooch represent
ing the initial wv" set in diamonds
and rubies and surmounted by tiny
imperial crown of pearls.
Miss Farrar lives quietly and mod
estly with her parents in Berlin. Her
mother is her constant companion and
has attended every performance Miss
Farrar has participated in, always
sharing her dressing-room with her.
Mr.. Farrar who is known to thousands
of American baseball fans" as Sid
Farrar, the lightning first baseman of
the former Philadelphia brotherhood
team, is Miss Geraldine's business
manager, so that the whole family
father. mother, daughter-are actively
wrapped up in the young woman's
career.
Miss Farrar made her debut at the
royal opera in Berlin in November.
1901, as Marguerite. Since then she
has done many roles. her greatest sue
oesses being in la Traviata" and
"Manon." She commands German,
Italian and French repertoires and is
gifted with unusual dramatic ability.
She has sung at Monte Carlo, Stock
holm, Warsaw and Paris. and wears
the magnificent "Wasa" diamond
medal awarded by King Oscar of
Sweden for excellence IN the vocal art
"a distinction coveted by many and
won by few European artists.
Miss Farrar is a native Of Melrose,
Mass, but came to Europe early in
her teens. but has never sung publicly
in her native land except as a won
der child" She looks forward with
girlish enthusiasm to the prospect of
appearing before American audiences
as a full fedged prima donna with an
established reputation in the most
critical centers of European art.