FARRAR, GERALDINE (1882— ), American dramatic soprano, was born at Melrose (Mass.), on Feb. 28, 1882. Her musical education was received in Paris under Trabedello and in Berlin under Lilli Lehmann. When but 19 she made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Berlin, as Marguerite in Faust, Oct. 1901, and continued to sing there consecutively until 1914. In Nov. 1906 she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera House as Juli ette in Romeo et Juliette and was a favourite prima donna of the New York stage until her retirement on April 22, 1922. She after wards took her own company on the road and reappeared on the concert stage in New York in Dec. 1927. Her roles included Mme. Butterfly, Manon, Micaela, Mignon, Mimi, Elizabeth, Tosca, Zerlina, Gilda and Violetta. She acted also in motion pictures, her best-known films being Carmen, Joan of Arc and The Woman and the Puppet.