Nellie Melba
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Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba GBE by Henry Walter Barnett
Dame Nellie Melba GBE (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931), was an Australian opera soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century. Melba was the first Australian to become a world famous classical musician.[1]
Melba was born in Richmond, Victoria. Her father was Scottish. She died of septicemia in Sydney.
Nellie Melba Media
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Australian opera singer Nellie Melba
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Melba as Marguerite in Faust
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Melba with the Metropolitan Opera
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Newspaper advert of Nellie Melba (1861 – 1931) from The Times, 27 September 1910.
Notes
- ↑ http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100464b.htm Archived 2011-01-14 at the Wayback Machine Biography at Australian Dictionary of Biography online