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Campanini Claims Artistic Kiss Seals Farrar Opera Contract
The Chicago Grand Opera director Cleofonte Campanini describes the "artistic kiss" sealing Geraldine Farrar's contract. He recounts kissing Farrar on both cheeks in her New York drawing room before she signed, while Mrs Farrar and the diva's mother witnessed. Farrar, signorita in the tale, confirms the kiss and its public reception.
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