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.
About Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early 20th century, and was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician.
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