What was the original name of the opera diva dame that the Melba Memorial Conservatorium was named after?
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Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music The Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music was a school of music located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. During its early days it was closely associated with opera diva Dame Nellie Melba, after whom it was later named. In 1994 it became affiliated with Victoria University. Founded in 1901 as "The Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne", the Melba Conservatorium ceased teaching at the end of 2008. However, it finds its continuing expression in the form of Melba Opera Trust.
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Nellie Melba Dame Nellie Melba GBE (19 May 186123 February 1931), born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian operatic soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century. She was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym "Melba" from Melbourne, her home town.
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Marietta Marcolini Marietta Marcolini (born c. 1780 – 26 December 1855) was an Italian operatic contralto.
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Evelyn Tubb Evelyn Tubb is a soprano, and long-time member of The Consort of Musicke and one of the world's greatest early music specialists, known for her innovative and original performances.
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Marie Le Rochois Marie Le Rochois (c. 1658 – 8 October 1728) was a French operatic soprano who belonged to the Académie Royale de Musique. She is often referred to as Marthe Le Rochois or simply La Rochois.
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Kate Condon Kate Condon (February 4, 1877 – May 27, 1941) was an American contralto who performed in light and grand operas on Broadway and in opera houses over the first two decades of the twentieth century.
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Martina Arroyo Martina Arroyo (born February 2, 1936) is an American operatic soprano who had a major international opera career from the 1960s through the 1980s. She was part of the first generation of black opera singers to achieve wide success, and is viewed as part of an instrumental group of performers who helped break down the barriers of racial prejudice in the opera world.
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Pauline Donalda Pauline Donalda, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (March 5, 1882 – October 22, 1970) was a Canadian operatic soprano.
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Dolores Wilson Dolores Mae Wilson (August 9, 1928 – September 28, 2010) was an American coloratura soprano who had an active international opera career from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. Beginning her career with major theatres in Europe, she performed in six seasons at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City during the 1950s. She is perhaps best known for originating the title role in the world premiere of Douglas Moore's "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera in 1956. After abandoning her opera career, she embarked on a second career as a musical theatre actress; making several appearances on Broadway in the following decades.
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Marie-Louise Damien Marie-Louise Damien (December 5, 1889 – January 31, 1978), better known by the stage name Damia, was a French singer and actress.
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Mary Curtis Verna Mary Virginia Curtis Verna (May 9, 1921 – December 4, 2009) was an American operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
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Diana Blumenfeld Diana Blumenfeld (1 April 1903–3 August 1961) was a folksinger, pianist, and actress.
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Helen Gamboa Helen Albent Gamboa-Sotto (born May 7, 1948) is a veteran Filipina actress, singer, dancer and former beauty queen.
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Elvira Casazza Elvira Casazza (15 November 1887 – 24 January 1965) was an Italian mezzo-soprano opera singer (also known as Elvira Mari-Casazza). One of Toscanini's favourite singers, she was considered an outstanding interpreter of Mistress Quickly in Verdi's "Falstaff" during the 1920s and created several roles in Italian operas of the early 20th century.
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Claramae Turner Claramae Turner (née Haas, October 28, 1920 – May 18, 2013) was an American operatic contralto, perhaps best known for her appearance in the film "Carousel" (1956), adapted from the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical of the same name.
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Rosa Ponselle Rosa Ponselle (January 22, 1897 – May 25, 1981), was an American operatic soprano with a large, opulent voice. She sang mainly at the New York Metropolitan Opera and is generally considered by music critics to have been one of the greatest sopranos of the past 100 years.
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Norma Terris Norma Terris (November 13, 1904, Columbus, Kansas – November 15, 1989, Lyme, Connecticut) was an American musical theatre star. Her mother, a singer, named her after the heroine of Bellini's opera, "Norma".
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Gianna Galli Gianna Galli (29 April 1935 – 22 December 2010) was an Italian operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1950s through the 1970s. She specialized in the lyric soprano repertoire and was particularly known for her portrayals of Puccini heroines.
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Raquel Meller Raquel Meller (9 March 1888 – 26 July 1962), born as Francisca Romana Marqués López, was a Spanish diseuse, cuplé, and tonadilla singer and actress.
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Nancy Shade Nancy Shade (born May 31, 1946, in Rockford, Illinois) is a "spinto" soprano, best known as a singing-actress. She made her formal debut as Leonora in "Il trovatore", in Louisville, in 1967. In 1971, she made her first of many appearances at the New York City Opera, as Musetta in "La bohème". She also sang there in "Mefistofele" (directed by Tito Capobianco), "Madama Butterfly" (opposite José Carreras), "Pagliacci", "Susannah", and "Die tote Stadt" (in Frank Corsaro's production).
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Margareta Hallin Gunhild Margareta Hallin Ekerot (born 20 February 1931) is a Swedish opera singer, composer and actress.
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Anna Gottlieb Maria Anna Josepha Francisca Gottlieb (29 April 1774 – 4 February 1856) was an Austrian soprano. She was the first Pamina in Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute".