Geraldine Farrar
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Alice Geraldine Farrar was an American lyric soprano who also frequently sang dramatic roles. She was noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." In the 1910s, she al
Farrar in the title role of Carmen
Farrar in Julien in 1914
Farrar and husband Lou Tellegen in 1916.
The headstone of Geraldine Farrar in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
Sarah Bernhardt
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Sarah Bernhardt was a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy B
Geraldine Farrar
…more interested in the emotional than in the purely lyrical aspects of her roles. According to Miss Farrar, until prime donne can combine the arts of Sarah Bernhardt and Nellie Melba, dramatic ability is more essential than perfect singing in opera." — Elizabeth Nash…
Bernhardt in 1880
Bernhardt with her mother
Debut of Bernhardt in Les Femmes Savantes at the Comédie-Française, 1862
Sarah Bernhardt in 1864; age 20, by photographer Félix Nadar