Geraldine Farrar was created the role of Cio-Cio San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Met. These photographs show her in costume, c. 1907.
Geraldine Farrar (1882–1967), a great American operatic soprano, made her Metropolitan Opera debut at the Metropolitan Opera in Gounod's opera Romeo et Juliette in 1906. Her beautiful lyric voice combined with her beauty beguiled many who saw her on the stage.
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