Mabel Garrison

Mabel Garrison Siemonn (April 24, 1886 – August 20, 1963), was an American coloratura soprano who sang at the Metropolitan Opera from 1914 to 1921.

Biography Garrison was born in Baltimore, Maryland on April 24, 1886. She lived in the Guilford neighborhood at 3 Overhill Road.

She graduated from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) in 1903. She went on to study singing at the Peabody Conservatory.

Mabel Garrison in 1916.In 1921, Garrison made guest appearances at the Berlin State Opera in Hamburg and at the Cologne Opera. Later that year, she made a world concert tour. She was a member of the Chicago Civic Opera during the 1925-26 season. She was a teacher at Smith College after 1933. Garrison had an admirably trained coloratura soprano voice, as she demonstrated in both opera and concert and in several fine recordings she made for the Victor Talking Machine Company.

She died in New York City on August 20, 1963.