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2 unusual facts about Melba


Belle de Boskoop

Varieties that can provide compatible pollen for Belle de Boskoop are James Grieve, Melba and Reine des Reinettes.

Suzanne Adams

She also appears on a few of the Mapleson Cylinders, including (probably) the one of the Queen's aria from Les Huguenots previously attributed to Melba.


Ambrose McCarthy Patterson

In Paris he became a friend of compatriot Nellie Melba, the famous soprano; Patterson's brother, Tom, was married to Melba's sister, Belle.

Glenda Benevides

Other professionals Glenda has worked with include Simon Britton and the Red Rhythm writing and production team who have produced super stars such as Ashanti, Eminem and Sting; Gospel great Howard McCrary who has worked with Whitney Houston, Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan, and James McKinney who musically helped brand Freddie Jackson, Melba Moore and Chaka Khan.

Kingswood Country

While some condemned its racist and sexist humour, this was simply the plot device, and indeed the premise of the entire show, to show and mock the bigotry of the main character, Edward Melba "Ted" Bullpitt (Ross Higgins), a white Australian, conservative, bigoted, Holden Kingswood-loving putty factory worker and WWII veteran who recalls his difficult childhood in ever more exaggerated ways.

Melba Hernandez

Melba Hernández Rodríguez del Rey (Cruces, Las Villas, 28 July 1921) is a Cuban politician and diplomat.

Mentone Girls' Secondary College

Of these, Jackson House was named in celebration of Marjorie Jackson; Elizabeth Kenny is the namesake of Kenny House; Melba House is named after Nellie Melba and Dorothea Mackellar is the inspiration for Mackellar House.

Paul Laurence

Laurence had several hits with Brooklyn singer/Capitol recording artist Lillo Thomas: "(You're A) Good Girl," "Your Love's Got a Hold on Me," "(Can't Take Half) All of You" (a duet with Melba Moore), "Settle Down," "Sexy Girl" (Laurence/Timmy Allen), "I'm in Love"—not the Evelyn King hit—that went to number two R&B in spring 1987, and "Wanna Make Love (All Night Long)."

Peach Melba

In 1892, Nellie Melba was performing in Wagner's opera Lohengrin at Covent Garden.

Toti Dal Monte

In 1924, fresh from triumphs in Milan and Paris, but before her debut in London or New York, she was engaged by the diva Dame Nellie Melba to be one of the star singers of an Italian opera company that Melba was organising to make a tour of Australia.

William David Smith

Canadian concert pianist, Yaroslav Senyshyn, has performed some of his works in North America, Europe and most recently in Melba Hall, Melbourne, Australia.


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