Melba,+Nellie

 || Chronological reference to people and experiences that influenced the person explaining how they influenced them. ||  Returning to Melbourne in 1884, Nellie decided to become a professional singer and gave a number of concerts and recitals. In 1886, she had the opportunity to accompany her father to London. A successful audition with the celebrated Mathilde Marchesi in Paris gave her career the boost that it needed. She began lessons with Marchesi and was introduced to composers such as Delibes, Massenet and Gounod. It was Marchesi who persuaded her to adopt a suitable stage name. 'Melba' was chosen as a contraction of the name of her native city. || [] ||  ||  Based in Australia during the First World War, Melba worked tirelessly to raise funds for war charities. She also gave wartime concerts in North America. For her services to the war effort, Melba was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1918. During this period she established a singing school at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music in Albert Street, now renamed the Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music, providing her services free of charge. She often travelled from Lilydale to teach her 'Melba's Girls'. || Well known persons working at the same time. ||  || Why do their life is regarded as significant and why they are admirable. || 
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 * **Title: ** Title is detailed, creative, sparks interest. ||  **=**Dame Nellie Melba, Queen Of Soprano**=
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 * ^  || She took lessons in Paris and gained recognition as Gilda in Rigoletto in Brussels in 1887, when she adopted the stage name of Melba, after her home town. She was hailed as the greatest soprano of her age, frequently appearing in European and American opera houses. Manning Clark said she put Australia on the world cultural map. Peach Melba and Melba toast were both named after her. She advised, before a tour of Australia by Clara Butt: "Sing 'em muck. It's all they can understand." ||
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 * ^  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Although Melba later repudiated her indebtedness to Pietro Cecchi, her then singing teacher, it was he who responded to her inquiring letter with an emboldening telegram, since he believed hers to be a voice which would enthral the world. Melba now applied herself totally, and on 17 May 1884 made her début at a Liedertafel concert at the Melbourne Town Hall. 'She sings like one out of ten thousand', wrote the //Australasian//'s critic. It was here she met John Lemmone, a flautist later to act as her accompanist, manager and opera company impresario, and who would be present at her deathbed ||
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