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Dame Nellie Melba
... Dame Nellie Melba...Dame Nellie Melba...Essay - Arthur Pougin Review of Dame Nellie Melba, 1889...Dame Nellie Melba performed in a large number of operas and theatrical performances. This section highlights a range of costumes worn by Melba and now held by the Victorian Arts Centre....Dite alla Giovine (Say to thy daughter), from La Traviata, Act 2. Performed by Dame Nellie Melba (Soprano), John Brownlee (baritone) and Harold Craxton (piano). Recording made 1926 and released by His Master's Voice....“...the voice, pure and limpid, with an adorable timbre and perfect accuracy, emerges with the greatest ease.” Arthur Pougin, in Le Ménestral (Paris), May 12, 1889. Dame Nellie Melba (1861 – 1931), was Australia’s opera superstar, performing ...“...the voice, pure and limpid, with an adorable timbre and perfect accuracy, emerges with the greatest ease.” Arthur Pougin, in Le Ménestral (Paris), May 12, 1889.
Dame Nellie Melba (1861 – 1931), was Australia’s opera superstar, performing in the great opera houses of the world - the Paris Opera, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera House, and the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where she became prima donna, returning season after season.
The extensive Melba Collection at the Victorian Arts Centre includes costumes, records, accessories, letters, programs, photographs, opera scores and other personal effects. Other holdings of interest include 78rpm disks at the State Library of Victoria.
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Images of Melbourne
... Dame Nellie Melba ...Explore Melbourne through selected works from the National Gallery of Victoria.
These artworks capture phases of the city's development, and offer a portrait of the people, places and streetscapes that define it.