See also:

• MELBA [NELLIE PORTER ARMSTRONG] (1859— )

MELBA [NELLIE See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

PORTER See also:

• ARMSTRONG, ARCHIBALD (d. 1672)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1709-1779)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1758—1843)
• ARMSTRONG, SAMUEL CHAPMAN (1839—1893)
• ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, BARON (1810—1900)

ARMSTRONG] (1859— )  , See also:

• BRITISH

British operatic See also:

• SOPRANO (a variant of Ital. sovrano, supreme, sovereign, Late Lat. superanus, from super, above)

soprano, nee Nellie See also:

• PORTER
• PORTER, BENJAMIN CURTIS (1843– )
• PORTER, DAVID (1780-1843)
• PORTER, DAVID DIXON (1813-1891)
• PORTER, ENDYMION (1587–1649)
• PORTER, HENRY (ft. 1596-1599)
• PORTER, HORACE (1837– )
• PORTER, JANE (1776–1850)
• PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)
• PORTER, NOAH (1811–1892)

Porter See also:

• MITCHELL
• MITCHELL, DONALD GRANT (1822—1908)
• MITCHELL, MARIA (1818—1889)
• MITCHELL, SILAS WEIR (1830-)
• MITCHELL, SIR THOMAS LIVINGSTONE (1792-1855)

Mitchell, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• BURNLEY

Burnley, near See also:

• MELBOURNE
• MELBOURNE, WILLIAM LAMB, 2ND VISCOUNT (1779-1848)

Melbourne, See also:

• AUSTRALIA

Australia, her See also:

• FATHER

father being a contractor, of Scottish See also:

• BLOOD

blood . She sang at a See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• CONCERT (through the French from Lat. con-, with, and certare, to strive)

concert when six years old, and was given a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good musical See also:

• EDUCATION

education . In 1882 she married See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

Captain See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• ARMSTRONG, ARCHIBALD (d. 1672)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1709-1779)
• ARMSTRONG, JOHN (1758—1843)
• ARMSTRONG, SAMUEL CHAPMAN (1839—1893)
• ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM GEORGE ARMSTRONG, BARON (1810—1900)

Armstrong, and in 1886 went to study singing in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris under the famous teacher, Madame Mathilde Marchesi, whose daughter, Madame See also:

• BLANCHE, JACQUES EMILE (1861– )

Blanche Marchesi, also a famous See also:

• SINGER, SIMEON (1846-1906)

singer, was associated with her . In 1887 she made her debut in See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

opera at See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, taking the See also:

• STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage-name of Madame See also:

• MELBA [NELLIE PORTER ARMSTRONG] (1859— )

Melba from her connexion with Melbourne . In the next See also:

• YEAR

year she sang the See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• LUCIA (or LucY), ST

Lucia, which remained one of her famous roles, at Covent See also:

• GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden, See also:

• LONDON

London; and, though critics complained of her coldness as an actress, her liquid See also:

• VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

voice and brilliant See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution hence-forth made her famous as the greatest successor to See also:

• PATTI
• PATTI, ADELINA JUAKA MARIA [BARONESS CEDERSTROM] (1843- )

Patti, in pure vocalization, on the operatic stage . She maintained this position for over twenty years, her triumphs being celebrated in every See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . See the " authorized " See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography by See also:

• AGNES, SAINT

Agnes G . See also:

• MURPHY, ARTHUR (1727–1805)
• MURPHY, JOHN FRANCIS (1853– )
• MURPHY, ROBERT (1806-1843)

Murphy (1909) .