TR 1797 Dame Nellie Melba Correspondence, 1882-1986.

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TR 1797 Dame Nellie Melba Correspondence, 1882-1986.

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Dame Nellie Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell in May 1861. In 1882 she married Charles Armstrong and had a son, George. She changed her name to Melba, in tribute to her home town of Melbourne, when preparing for a professional career under Madame Marchesi in Paris. The collection contains correspondence, photographs and newspaper clippings.

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Phillips, Thea.

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Dame Nellie Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell on 19 May 1861 in Richmond, Victoria. She lived with her parents, Isabella and David Mitchell, and seven younger brothers and sisters, and attended the Presbyterian Ladies College in Melbourne for her schooling. Melba moved to Mackay with her father after the death of her mother and one of her sisters in 1881. In 1882 she married Charles Armstrong in Brisbane, and they had a son, George, the following year. It was at this ...

Cecchi, Pietro.

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Melba, Nellie

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Melba was born Helen Porter Mitchell. In 1882 she married Charles Nesbit Frederick Armstrong, who died in 1948. From the description of Papers concerning Mitchell and Armstrong families [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225791512 Mrs Helen Porter Armstrong, soprano singer, was born in, and derived her non de plume from Melbourne. She first appeared in opera in 1887 after concentrating for many years on her piano playing and made her final appearance in...