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MELBA [NELLIE See also: British operatic See also: soprano, nee Nellie See also: Porter See also: Mitchell, was See also: born at See also: Burnley, near Melbourne, See also: Australia, her See also: father being a contractor, of Scottish See also: blood
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She sang at a See also: local concert when six years old, and was given a See also: good musical See also: education
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In 1882 she married Captain See also: Charles
See also: Armstrong, and in 1886 went to study singing in See also: Paris under the famous teacher, Madame Mathilde Marchesi, whose daughter, Madame See also: Blanche Marchesi, also a famous See also: singer, was associated with her
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In 1887 she made her debut in See also: opera at Brussels, taking the stage-name of Madame Melba from her connexion with Melbourne
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In the next See also: year she sang the See also: part of See also: Lucia, which remained one of her famous roles, at Covent Garden, See also: London; and, though critics complained of her coldness as an actress, her liquid See also: voice and brilliant execution hence-forth made her famous as the greatest successor to Patti, in pure vocalization, on the operatic stage
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She maintained this position for over twenty years, her triumphs being celebrated in every country
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See the " authorized " biography by See also: Agnes G
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Murphy (1909)
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