The Washington herald., 1906-10-13
A MUSICAL GENIUS.
MISS GERALDINE FARRAR.

Geraldine Farrar, the beautiful young
American girl, who makes her m4tropoh-
tan debut on the eleventh OF Noymebcr
under whas Manager Conreid considers
the most brilliant auspices possible TO q
grand opera star. is al present an object
OF deep interest and conjecture TO the
American public, and critics waiting To
pass judgment upon her much-horalded
AIT
There is no doubt as to the genius Of
this gifted young woman. Size was born
with IL, and behind her On both sher
mothers and her fathers side extends
/ lcng liae of ancestral voices, physiques
ard tempeTsmcnjs. They had nothing TO
do with art. They were strictly products
OF nature and they were never cu.fi-
waited. in Geraldine Fsrrar they cu!-
minated. ana tie result is girl OF tUen-
ty.nvc who, having united her splendid
gfts Of nature with re I.ost coasciea-
/ tious study. IS ranked .c EurCVe as Tie
most :crfe.l Marguerite aad juliet that
/ ever cssayed The roles
Americans are hoping thet in oac q
these two ctarac cters Mss EaI:ar WEB
make her debut neSt mDEtA
4 musical genius Eas to be born w.tA
az ear and a.so w.tn &c gig, of cor
rect sisht-rcadiIg. Mss Farrer has bCta.
/ She never possessed q typical cEHd-vcicc.
/ At thirteen she sarS l!ke q woman, wiki
emotl0HaliSm ana sentiment. People
I maryeied at Ter ~ Me.rOse, wnero she
( lived very E.OGestly with her paTc.ts.
/ Melrose is close "a Boston and the litt!e
! girl being IN only caiiC, accompanied
/ her parents 20 tie theater frequently.
! Tie father was a baseball player. yet ie
/ had tie C.era airs ro lAc zip ~ fie
tongue. and carCied tl.eai joy0Uslr by
ear. ~ thirteen Geraldine could sing very
nearly every thing fn a dozen different
operas Then she learned how 70 read
music. how % absorb "a six lessons what
the average student learns In twenty,
how 20 shape her destiny.
She was here i'm Washington two years.
but beyond one recital al the Lafayette
FOR which Mrs. Mckinley was patr0ncss
and an appearance or two ~ the White
House. she never sang in public She
studied. II was not music alone IL
was art in its entirety-literature. dra-
matics She was barely sixteen. yet %
put mature students upon their mettle
20 talk with her She used II say that
/ Il her voice should fail. her career would
not suffer, she would still be q great
/ actress.
/ II was this carly understanding OF
what the real training for "A grand opera
star should be that lter caused the Ger
man critics TO declare ST. was greater
4 than Bernhardt or Duse ih .he role Of
Camille That was strong praise. That
was inconcetvablc in face Of the fact
/ that BeTnhardt and Duse, as women OF
4 passions could live out their own emo
/ tions in the roll OF Camille 4 girl Of
ninetcen-and not a world-Wise girl 1t
all-could only substitute inspiration for
/ experience.
/ That was Miss Farr3r's age when she
made her brilliant debut az the Royal
Opera House in Berlin Critics We're
unanimous IN praise OF her. The fash
| i0nabic world went wild over her. Every
/ body declared her beauty and a SeniIs
I that Is. everybody but the German op- "a
singers. They were violently jealous Of
/ her success. They always are jealous
/ OF Americans. German women are the
/ worst g0ssips on earth. and they love
I TO pun 10 pieces u successful American
artist