The story of an Australian girl who defied convention and became the most famous singer of her era. Growing up in Melbourne, Nellie Mitchell dreamed of fame, bu

Nobody sings like Melba, and nobody ever will, proclaimed the impresario Oscar Hammerstein in 1908. Like many others of his time, he considered her the world's

"Melba: A Biography" is the first biography of Dame Nellie Melba, an Australian operatic soprano and one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era an

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