What is Nellie Melba?
[[Image:Nellie Melba by Henry Walter Barnett.jpg|290px|thumb|Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba GBE by Henry Walter Barnett]] '''Dame Nellie Melba''' [[Order of the British Empire|GBE]] (born '''Helen Porter Mitchell'''; 19 May 1861{{spaced ndash}}23 February 1931), was an [[Australia]]n [[opera]] [[soprano]]. She became one of the most famous singers of the late [[Queen Victoria|Victorian Era]] and the early 20th century. Melba was the first Australian to become a world famous classical musician.<ref>http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100464b.htm Biography at Australian Dictionary of Biography online</ref> Melba was born in [[Richmond Victoria|Richmond]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. Her father was [[Scottish people|Scottish]]. She died of [[septicemia]] in [[Sydney]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]] --> {{DEFAULTSORT:Melba, Nellie}} [[Category:Australian singers]] [[Category:Disease-related deaths in New South Wales]] [[Category:Opera singers]] [[Category:1861 births]] [[Category:1931 deaths]]