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American Soprano Mabel Garrison (1886-1963)

Voci di primavera (Strauss) / Recorded: June 15, 1916 --

Norwegian echo song (Bjerregaard; Thrane): Recorded: June 13, 1917 --

Garrison studied with Odenthal in Baltimore and at the Peabody Conservatory there with Heimendahl. In 1908 she married the professor of harmony George Siemonn, and then studied further with Oscar Saenger and Herbert Witherspoon in New York. She made her debut (1912) with the Aborn Opera Company as Philine in Mignon. She was engaged at the Metropoltian Opera (1913-20) and was successful there. In 1921 she made guest appearances at the Berlin State Opera, in Hamburg, and at the Cologne Opera. In the same year she made a world tour, singing in concert. She was a member of the Chicago Opera (1925-26). She was a teacher at Smith College after 1933. She had an admirably trained coloratura voice, as she demonstrated in both opera and concert. (Source: Kutsch & Riemens Concise Biographical Dictionary of Singers / Chilton Book Company - 1969)

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