Melba

Melba
: do a Melba Return from retirement to make a number of 'farewell' appearances. The phrase refers to Australian operatic soprano Dame Nellie Melba (Helen Porter Mitchell) 1861-1931, whose stage name derived from her birthplace, Melbourne. She announced her retirement in 1924, but gave 'farewell' performances at Covent Garden in 1926, in Sydney, Melbourne, and Geelong in 1928, and then sang in England over the next two years.

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  • melba — melba …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Melba — may refer to: Dame Nellie Melba, Australian soprano opera singer Melba (film), a 1953 film directed by Lewis Milestone Melba Montgomery, a country music singer Melba Moore, an American R B singer and actress It can also refer to a number of… …   Wikipedia

  • melba — [ mɛlba ] adj. inv. • v. 1900; du n. de la cantatrice Nellie Melba ♦ Pêches, fraises Melba, dressées dans une coupe sur une glace à la vanille et nappées de crème chantilly. ● Melba adjectif invariable (de N. Melba, nom propre) Se dit d un… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Melba — steht für: Pfirsich Melba, ein Dessert Melba (Farbe) MELBA (Fähigkeitsprofil), Verfahren zur Ermittlung und Darstellung von Fähigkeitsprofilen und Anforderungsprofilen Melba (Apfel) , eine Apfelsorte Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Melba (Idaho) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Melba — in various food preparations, especially peach Melba (1905) and Melba toast (1925) is in honor of Nellie Melba, stage name (based on MELBOURNE (Cf. Melbourne), Australia) of Australian born operatic soprano Helen Mitchell (1861 1931) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Melba — Melba, ID U.S. city in Idaho Population (2000): 439 Housing Units (2000): 164 Land area (2000): 0.296324 sq. miles (0.767476 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.296324 sq. miles (0.767476 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Melba, ID — U.S. city in Idaho Population (2000): 439 Housing Units (2000): 164 Land area (2000): 0.296324 sq. miles (0.767476 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.296324 sq. miles (0.767476 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Melba — Melba, Nellie, Bühnenname der Opernsängerin (Sopran) Helene Porter Mitchell, geb. 19. Mai 1865 in Melbourne, Schülerin von Frau Marchesi in Paris, trat zuerst 1887 im Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brüssel, dann in London auf und verbreitete durch… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Melba —   [ melbə], Dame (seit 1918) Nellie, eigentlich Helen Porter Armstrong [ ɑːmstrɔȖ], australische Sängerin (Koloratursopran), * Richmond (bei Melbourne) 19. 5. 1861, ✝ Sydney 23. 2. 1931; feierte 1887 1926 in allen internationalen Musikmetropolen… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • melba — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. ż Ia, CMc. melbabie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} lody z kremem i owocami (zwłaszcza brzoskwiniami) <od pseudonimu śpiewaczki włoskiej> {{/stl 7}} …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Melba — [mel′bə] Dame Nellie ( Helen Porter Mitchell Armstrong) 1861 1931; Austral. soprano …   English World dictionary

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