https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/d9c7e602f377dfcb4bbd5d321bf993b1.jpg 082641a2ffcd5d68d0550677e29c4bfa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Nellie Melba as Violetta from La Traviata, inscribed to Mr Southwell, 1909 Subject The topic of the resource Objects of Fame: Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger Description An account of the resource Melba’s earliest performance as Violetta in La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi was during her first season in Brussels in 1887. At the time, her inexperience in acting was noted but the role later became a staple in her repertoire. It was as Violetta that Melba made her first appearance at Oscar Hammerstein’s Manhattan Opera House in early 1907. She was among the key stars he temporarily enticed away from the rival Metropolitan Opera House. In 1910, the Metropolitan Opera paid Hammerstein a sum of $1.2 million to stop producing grand opera in the United States for 10 years. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Photograph by M. Shadwell Clerke Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Grainger Museum Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1909 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Arts Centre Melbourne Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Australian Performing Arts Collection, Arts Centre Melbourne 1991.042.004 | Purchased, 1991