Victor records (May 1915)

Me VICTOR RED SEAL RECORDS MELBA, NELLIE, Soprano ~ ever been so beloved in three continents as has No prima donna of the present day has this Australian artist. It was on December 5, 1893, in New York, that Melba was revealed to the American | public. "Who that was present will ever forget the marvelous voice that burst on their charmed ears at that time? Such power and bnilliancy, such captivating ease of execution, such warmth and loveliness were simply netonishing: Music/ lovers took the singer to their hearts that night,, and to-day she is more firmly intrenched in their affection than ever. CQPY'T BROOTHORN Melba was born Nellie Mitchell, at Burnley, near Melbourne, Australia. Her father was a Scotch contractor who had been in Australia some years. He was proud of his daughter's musical talent, but objected to her following it as a profession, and it was not until her marriage to Captain Charles Armstrong that she finally decided on a musical career. The singer went to Europe in 1886, and began to study under Mme. Marchesi, making such rapid progress that her début was made in Brussels in 1887 under the name of Melba (derived, of course, from her native city), and her success was immediate. London first heard her in 1888, Paris in 1889, St. Petersburg in 1891, Milan in 1892, and New York, as mentioned shoves in 1893. Melba is to-day singing with the same delightful freshness, purity and power that have enthralled her audiences in the past. It is a matter for congratulation that the Melba records have been secured when the great singer was at her best, so that posterity will hear her in the full tide of her powers. Like all the greatest singers of the world, the diva makes records exclusively for the Victor. MELBA % THE MELBA RECORDS (Sung in Italian unless otherwise noted) No. Size Lo, Here the Gentle Lark (Flute obbligato by Lemmone) -English Bishop 88073 Louise—Depuis le jour (Ever Since the Day) Jn French Charpentier 88477 Lucia—Scena della pazzia (Mad Scene) (Flute obbligato by Lemmone) Donizetti 88071 Ave Maria (Violin by Kubelik) Latin Bach-Gounod 89073 12 $4.00 Believe Me If All Those Bod eonne Young Charms In English Moore 88156 1 3.00 Bohéme—Addio (Farewell) Puccini 88072 | 3.00 Bohéme—Mi chiamano Mimi (My Name is Mimi) Puccini 88074 1 3.00 Comin’ Thro’ the Rye Jn English Scotch Air 88449 | 3.00 Faust—Aijir des bijoux (Jewel Song) Jn French Gounod 88066 1 3.00 Good Bye (Addio) In English Paolo Tosti 88065 | 3.00 Hamlet—Scene et Air d’Ophelie (Mad Scene) Jn French Thomas 88251 1 3.00 John Anderson, My Jo. (Pianoacc.) In English Burns 88455 3.00 I NNNNNNMNNLNHMMNMNLNKNKNLNKN NMNMNMMNMNYMNNNY Wo (ee) oO ] Magdalen at Michael’s Gate Kingsley-Lehmann 88452 1 3.00 Mandoline (Debussy) (2) Romance /n French Bourget 88456 | 3.00 Marriage of Figaro—Voi che sapete (What is This Feeling?) Mozart 88067 1 : Mattinata (Morning Serenade) Paolo Tosti 88077 | 3.00 h, Lovely Night Jn English Landon Ronald 88182 1 3.00 Old Folks at Home-—Swanee River In English Foster 88454 | 3.00 Otello—Ave Maria (Hail, Mary) Verdi 88149 1 3.00 Otello—Salce, salce (Willow Song) Verdi 88148 | 3.00 Pensieroso—Sweet Bird (Flute obbligato) In English Handel 88068 1 3.00 Ré Pastore—L’amer6 sar6 costante (Violin abblccas by Kubelik) Mozart 89074 1 4.00 Rigoletto—Caro Nome (Dearest Name) Verdi 88078 | 3.00 Romance (Bourget) (2) Mandoline Jn French Debussy 88456 1 3.00 Serenata (Serenade) (Harp acc. by Ada Sassoli) Tosti 88079 | 3.00 Se saran rose (Melba Waltz, ‘“ When Bloom the Roses’’) Arditi 88076 | 3.00 Tosca—Vissi d’arte (Love and Music) Puccini 88075 | 3.00 Traviata—Ah, fors’ e lui (He, of Whom I Dreamed) Verdi 88064 | 3.00 Ye Banks and Braes 0’ Bonnie Doon In English Burns 88150 1 3.00 MELBA AND CARUSO DUET Bohéme—O soave fanciulla (Thou Sweetest Maiden) Puccini 95200 nN we 5 S