Claim: Tharanga Goonetilleke graduated from Converse College in South Carolina in 2005 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and a minor in Biology; and she entered the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions representing South Carolina, and won.
Evidence: She began attending Converse College in South Carolina in 2001 and graduated in 2005 with Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance and a minor in biology. Representing South Carolina, she entered the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and won.