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Nellie Melba Quotes


An Australian opera soprano. 
Dame Nellie Melba GBE (19 May 1861 – 23 February 1931), born Helen Porter Mitchell, was an Australian opera soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian Era and the early 20th century due to the purity of her lyrical voice and the brilliance of her technique. Melba was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She and May Whitty were the first stage performers to be granted damehoods of the Order of the British Empire. 

Here are some famous quotes by Nellie Melba.

One of the drawbacks of Fame is that one can never escape from it.

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If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia-I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me.