The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-24
Geraldine Farrar
Here Wednesday Is
Fascinating Singer

Geraldine Farrar. the noted soprano
who is 10 appear in Richmond We'd
nesday night in concert, Is one OF the
most fascinating singers in public life.
Her beauty IS an actual fact and not
the imagination Of her admirers. She
is exceedingly intelligent, highly cul-
tured. is the possessor of a very pretty
wit. and. In fact. has all the qualities
necessary TO make her a notable figure
in any society. aside from her gifts
and achievements as an artist, Miss
Iarrar takes her work very seriously
and consequently is a hard student
during the months she is singing in
opera or concert and even her So
called vacations are devoted almost
exclusively To study.
No musical event In Richmond has
attracted so much attention as the
concert TO be given by Miss Farrar,
and the celebrated singer will he
greeted by one OF the most fashion
able audiences that ever assembled III
this city on any similar occasion.
Every seat in the City Auditorium will
be taken. and while the audience VIII
be largely made up from Richmond,
large delegations are expected from
other nearby cities, who Will Ike the
trip 10 Richmond 10 hear the famous
artist
The concert will be the first OF "A
series to he given in Richmond under
the auspices OF the Musical Bureau
organized through the influence OF the
Coriey Company. Realizing the I'M
pCrtance of having the very best Tor
the initial concert. Miss Farrar was
selected, and the advance reservation
OF seats is clearly indicative OF the
excellent Judgment of those VINO have
arranged for the concert Mr.. Corley
said yesterday that while the tickets
were being sold very rapidly. there
were still many desirable seats left.
He suggested. however, that those
who wanted to hear Miss Farrar and
the assisting artists should not put Off
getting their seats as early as possible
Ne expected to see the house sold
out by Wednesday.
A feature of the Farrar concert
that will be OF keen interest to the
women in the audience will be the
attractive costumes In which the
singer will appear. Miss Farrar's
style of beauty and coloring allows
her to adopt a certain daringness in
design and color scheme of dress
which few women could stand. She
takes enormous pains and interest
not merely with the gowns In which
she appears in public. but with the
dresses she wears at home and on The
York are looked forward to with in.
terest, not merely by music lovers, bu,
by dressmakers, for she has always
some new idea that is rapidly taken
up by the public. The famous hobbie
skirt. which. happily, has gone ou,
OF fashion. was worn by Miss Farrar
a year before its use became general
II was she who brought hack to fash.
ion the long, flowing lines of the d.
rectoire and revived tho famous style
of head dress invented a century age
by Madame de Stael. In Paris she
has at her beck and call the most
famous designers--Paquin,E Worth
Mueile and Bakst--yet in the end she
is the designer of her own costumes
whether they are for operate or con-
cert use or for her use in private life,
Miss Farrar will be assisted in the
concert Wednesday by Ada Sassoli
the famous harpist. and Reinald War
ronrath, the celebrated baritone. Both
\ will be heard in concerted numbers
With the great singer, and these should