Memories of Melba

Whilst preparing for the new Melba biography book launch at the Australian High Commission on the 9th March 2022 our Chairman and Founder, Isla Baring OAM found an old BBC vinyl in her record collection that was entitled 'Portrait of a Prima Donna, Memories of Dame Nellie Melba' [from John Amis archive(1922-2013)] dated 1960. Isla had it professionally converted to digital, and we’ve uploaded it here for posterity. Link to buy, ‘Nellie - The Life and Loves of a Diva’ by Robert Wainwright https://atlantic-books.co.uk/book/nel... 0:00 0:11 J. Sutton Crow, sec. AMEB Vic. & Melbourne University Conservatorium. 0:31 Edrik Henty 0:49 Peter Dawson, bass-baritone 1:16 John Brownlee, baritone 1:31 John Amadio, flute 1:56 Sir Bernard Heinz AC, conductor 3:46 Wilfrid Thomas, singer & broadcaster 8:41 Lindley Evans, composer and accompanist 10:34 Ruth Ladd, mezzo-soprano 14:44 Queenie Ashton, actress 15:39 Gertrude Johnson, soprano and founder of National Theatre, Melbourne 15:54 Ruth Ladd, mezzo-soprano 16:19 Basil Hart (son of Fritz Hart, composer) 16:58 Peter Dawson, bass-baritone 18:18 Nell Wood, Melba’s niece 19:15 Lindley Evans, composer and accompanist 22:07 Basil Hart (son of Fritz Hart, composer) 22:58 Ruth Ladd, mezzo-soprano 25:08 Basil Hart (son of Fritz Hart, composer) 25:33 Gertrude Johnson, soprano and founder of National Theatre, Melbourne 26:21 Marie Bremner, actress & soprano 28:13 Florence Yates, contralto (former student) 28:33 Lauri Kennedy, cello & Dorothy Kennedy, piano 30:24 Gladys Moncrieff, soprano 31:38 Marie Bremner, actress & soprano 33:38 Gertrude Johnson, soprano and founder of National Theatre, Melbourne 35:24 Percy Grainger, composer 36:28 Dr A. E. Floyd, organist