Nellie Melba

About

Australian opera singer who was internationally recognized for her soprano voice and later became a singing teacher at the Melbourne Conservatorium.

Before Fame

She studied music and played in concerts around Melbourne as a teenager.

Trivia

Although many people thought her voice was well-suited for Mozart, she never sang any of his work.

Family Life

She had a son with her divorced husband Charles Nesbitt Frederick.

Associated With

In 1907, she sang for Oscar Hammerstein I at his house in New York.