Edna Garabedian is an American operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, and opera director.
Born to Armenian immigrants to the United States in Fresno, California,[1] Garabedian studied singing with William Vennard at the University of Southern California, Lotte Lehmann at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Anna Hamlin in New York City, and Rosa Ponselle in Baltimore.
[2] In 1961 she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions.
[4] In 2000 Garabedian founded the California Opera Association of which she, as of 2023, remains Artistic Director.
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