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The tumultuous life of Australia's most famous opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba.
AUSTRALIA'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR
When most people think of Nellie Melba they picture a squarish middle-aged woman dressed in furs and large hats, an imperious Dame whose voice ruled the world for three decades. But there was much more to her life than adulation and riches.
To succeed she had to overcome social expectations, misogyny and tall-poppy syndrome. She endured the violence of a bad marriage, was denied by scandal a true love with the would-be King of France, and suffered the loss of her only child for more than a decade, stolen by his angry and vengeful father.
Against all odds, Nellie Melba became the greatest opera singer of her time on stages across Australia, America and Europe.
AUSTRALIA'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR
When most people think of Nellie Melba they picture a squarish middle-aged woman dressed in furs and large hats, an imperious Dame whose voice ruled the world for three decades. But there was much more to her life than adulation and riches.
To succeed she had to overcome social expectations, misogyny and tall-poppy syndrome. She endured the violence of a bad marriage, was denied by scandal a true love with the would-be King of France, and suffered the loss of her only child for more than a decade, stolen by his angry and vengeful father.
Against all odds, Nellie Melba became the greatest opera singer of her time on stages across Australia, America and Europe.
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Social Science BiographiesTable of contents
- COVER PAGE
- PRAISE
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- PROLOGUE
- 1 OPPOSITES ATTRACT
- 2 ‘I MUST MAKE SOME MONEY’
- 3 ‘YOU WAIT AND SEE’
- 4 THE AUDITION
- 5 THE HOUSE OF WOMEN
- 6 THE DRESS
- 7 BECOMING MELBA
- 8 ‘YOU ARE THE STAR’
- 9 COVENT GARDEN
- 10 A DOCTRINE OF RIVALRY
- 11 ‘AN AUSTRALIAN GIRL’ TAKES PARIS
- 12 THE DEVIL WHO LEAVES
- 13 THE PATRON
- 14 TAKING A COLD HOUSE BY STORM
- 15 PRINCE GAMELLE
- 16 A DIVA MEETS A DUC
- 17 TO RUSSIA WITH LUST
- 18 MELBA NIGHTS
- 19 ‘I’LL WHIP HIM AND SEE WHAT HE’S WORTH’
- 20 CROSSING BOUNDARIES
- 21 ARMSTRONG V ARMSTRONG
- 22 A JUST DESSERT
- 23 FACING THE MUSIC
- 24 MURPHY’S LAW
- 25 A RESOLUTE INTENT
- 26 THE FIRST SINGER IN THE WORLD
- 27 A FALL FROM GRACE
- 28 OF ENVIOUS MEN
- 29 A WAGNERIAN TRAGEDY
- 30 A STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
- 31 DIVORCE, TEXAS-STYLE
- 32 AUSTRALIA FINALLY
- 33 THE BRUTAL TRUTH
- 34 ‘I AM FIVE FEET ELEVEN INCHES’
- 35 THE LONG FAREWELL
- EPILOGUE
- PICTURE SECTION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND NOTES ON SOURCES
- BIBLIOGRAPHY