The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Garden, Mary
1874–1967, Scottish-American operatic soprano, b. Aberdeen, Scotland, studied in Paris. Her debut (1900) occurred when she replaced, without rehearsal, the star of Charpentier’s Louise, at the Opéra-Comique, Paris. In 1902 she created the role of Mélisande in Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande. In the title role of Massenet’s Thaïs she made her American debut (1907) with the Manhattan Opera Company, New York City, and was a member of the Chicago Opera Company from 1910 to 1931.
