The San Francisco call., 1913-10-03
FAMOUS SINGER HERE SUNDAY
Geraldine Farrar In Recital at Cort
She Is Court Singer to
the Kaiser

II OF the DISl l4iilt lAi nci A3OeSS% -
career, Geraldine Farrar, the famous
soprano of the Metropolitan opera
house. will be heard in San Francisco
Sunday afternoon at the Cort thea
ter Her appearance here is the most
important event of the early musical
season and music lovers are eager to
see and to hear the singer. about
whom so much. that's complimentary
has been said and written. : =
IS. she: Will arrive In San Francisco to-
night. from New York, inaugurating
ON the Pacific coast a concert: tour
which will take her TO: almost every
city of any. size in America. Miss
Farrar is little known In. this. country
: except as one of the foremost operate
singers. of: the: present generation. She
has made two short concert tours un-
der the direction of Charles A. Ellis,
manager of the Boston symphony or
chestra, but these have been: limited
because of her. contract with the Met
ropolitan Grand opera company of
New. York where she appears the sec
iOnd week IN -NON.en per-
San Francisco is awaiting her with
genuine. eagerness. Her beauty is
not exceeded. even by her wit and
cleVerness. and both bow to her Won
derful voice and dramatic ability
-That+she will triumph in this metro
pelita d city of the Pacific coast is a
foregone conclusion. Geraldine Far
rar has never known anything but
success. OF the women now singing
In grand opera she seems TO have in
her to a. most unusual degree that
combination OF qualities which wins
not. merely the admiration, but the
affection OF the public.
i - The career of the 'all conquering"
.prina donna has been hers since
The night. as a girl of 19. she stood
the. test Of her debut in the Royal
opera. Berlin. That was II years ago.
The appointments, the reverses,
the. heart burnings and the heart
breaks which come TO most singers
beginning their career played no
part. in her life. Provincial opera
Houses never knew her except as a N
. honored guest. From the beginning
she. was a yeritabie child of fortune
- In theEyears that she was a mem
ber- Of the. Berlin opera she was the
idolized singer of that city. Then, as
she --DSsE2El.. 10 I6dCh INTO aOLnNf
fields her. success. followed her
whether il was Nice or Paris, Stock
holm OF. Petersburg the story was
always the some, and her own coun
= try. as soon a s it had the opportunity,
followed in the footsteps Of Europe.
rIt.1s not to be supposed that Miss
Farra.r has accomplished this with
out. work On the contrary, like
every. successful artist. she is an in
defaugable worker. Like every other
successful artist she Is a merciless.
self-critic. Music is the most jealous
OF all the arts, and its rewards are
greater for success. than those of any
other. art, ii demands more of the
artist
In her concert sunday afternoon.
which begins at 3 O'Clock. Miss Farrar
will have. the assistance of Alvin
Schroeder; one of the most eminent
cellists of the day.
Miss Farrar will sing three groups
OF songs and one operate aria. The
first group of four gs are classical.
The second group of FIVE songs COM
prise the romantic and modern school
of. Germany. The last group of six
songs is decidedly cosmopolitan. al
though the first three will be sung
in French and the last three in Eng
lish.: The operate aria will be the
exquisite plant of Madame Butter
fly, that closes the second act of
Puccinis opera of the same name
Mr.. Schroeder's numbers are chosen
with equal skill.
=. The program in detail is as follows:
Solo for xioloncello-
''vsriations SymPhoniques'' L.. Bcellmann
Mr.: Schroeder.
..Wonneyoller Mar ........ -. .GIhck
..Nft Einem Gemaiten Bande'' Beethoven
:'oh. Had L Jubals Lyre'' ~.~-: Haendel
Miss Farrar.
Solo for violoneeIlo--
lie Cygne" ....:4.-...* Saints -Saens
y n LIVER Hotter
-; Mr. schroeder.
....Non t'aceostar alrUrna Heldenrosfen, !.
:. Schubert
.''Ach. wenp Ieh Doch Elm Immchen War
Der .Schmetterling, ........... Franz
Der: :E5enalk'' ...-...- +.....-.:.- Loewe
"SyIveiaf, ..............-.. sinding
'zueignung' ........ = :....-- R. Strauss
Miss Farrar.
Aria from. Madam Butterfly 'Un Bel
.Di Vedremo,, (by requestl Puccinl
Miss Farrar.
'Valdesrlhet' (adagiol >. .... Dvorsk
WHO Spanish aance- .--......-..- Pepper
Mr.. Schroeder.
''Paix du Soir' ......--. .Gretschaninow
lie Train des. Amours" s"..........t..-. .Grieg
s-0Rvre: tes yeux bleu''.. ......+....... Massenet
I'm Not as Other LassIes" 49,. Hugo Wolfe
Believe Ne. II All Those Endearing
eouog CnaIIns' ...-.:;.---- stevenson
- Miss Farrar.
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