Victor records (Nov 1916)

VICTOR RED SEAL RECORDS MELBA, NELLIE, Soprano Me No prima donna of the present day has ever been so —— beloved in three continents as 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 astonishing. Music-lovers took the singer to their hearts that night, and to-day she is more firmly intrenched in their affection than ever. 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 above, 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. THE MELBA RECORDS (Sung in Italian unless otherwise noted) No. Size “est e © BROOTHORN + MATS Aon Annie Laurie /n English Douglas-Scott 88551 12 $3.00 Ave Maria (Violin by Kubelik) Latin Bach-Gounod 89073 12 4.00 Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms /n English Moore 88156 12 3.00 Bohéme—Addio (Farewell) Puccini 88072 12 3.00 Bohéme—Mi chiamano Mimi (My Name is Mimi) Puccini 88074 12 3.00 Comin’ Thro’ the Rye In English Scotch Air 88449 12 3.00 Faust—Air des bijoux (Jewel Song) Jn French Gounod 88066 12 3.00 Good Bye_ (Addio) Jn English Paolo Tosti 88065 12 3.00 Hamlet—Scene et Air d’Ophelie (Mad Scene) Jn French Thomas 88251 12 3.00 John Anderson, My Jo (Pianoacc.) In English Burns 88455 12 3.00 Lo, Here the Gentle Lark (Flute obbligato by Lemmone) In English ; ’ Bishop 88073 12 3.00 Louise—Depuis le jour (Ever Since the Day) /n French Charpentier 88477 12 3.00 Lucia—Scena della pazzia (Mad Scene) (Flute obbligato by Lemmone) A ‘ é Donizetti 88071 12 3.00 Marriage of Figaro—Voi che sapete (What is This Feeling >) Mozart 88067 12 3.00 Mattinata (Morning Serenade) Paolo Tosti 88077 12 3.00 Oh, Lovely Night Jn English __ Landon Ronald 88182 12 3.00 Old Folks at Home—Swanee River In English Foster 88454 12 3.00 Otello—Ave Maria (Hail, Mary) Verdi 88149 12 3.00 Otello—Salce. salce (Willow Song) Verdi 88148 12 3.00 Pensieroso—Sweet Bird (Flute obbligato) In English Handel 88068 12 3.00 Ré Pastore—L’amero saré costante (Violin obbligato by Kubelik) | Mozart 89074 12 4.00 Rigoletto—Caro Nome (Dearest Name) Verdi 88078 12 3.00 Serenata (Serenade) (Harp ace. by Ada Sassoli} Tosti 88079 12 3.00 Se saran rose (Melba Waltz, ‘‘ When Bloom the Roses’’) Arditi 88076 12 3.00 Songs My Mother Taught Me (Als die alte Mutter) Jn English ; Ty Dvor4k 88485 12 3.00 Tosca—Vissi d’arte (Love and Music) Puccini 88075 12 3.00 Traviata—Ah, fors’’é lui (He, of Whom! Dreamed) Verdi 88064 12 3.00 Ye Banks and Braes o’ Bonnie Doon In English Burns 88150 12 3.00 MELBA AND CARUSO DUET Bohéme—O soave fanciulla (Thou Sweetest Maiden) Puccini 95200 12 5.00