Nellie Melba as Ophélie from Hamlet, c.1889

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Title

Nellie Melba as Ophélie from Hamlet, c.1889

Description

Melba’s earliest performances as Ophélie in Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet were at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in April 1888 and her debut at the Paris Opéra in May 1889. Thomas described her as the ‘Ophélie of my dreams’.

Source

Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne

Publisher

Grainger Museum

Date

c.1889

Rights

Arts Centre Melbourne

Identifier

Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne
1998.048.001 | Purchased, 1998
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Citation

Photograph by Dupont, “Nellie Melba as Ophélie from Hamlet, c.1889,” Grainger Museum Online, accessed July 17, 2024, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/items/show/373.

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