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 Silk programme for a Royal Command Performance, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, London, 11 May 1914 Subject The topic of the resource Objects of Fame: Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger Description An account of the resource This performance at Covent Garden was held less than a month before Melba sailed for Australia to visit her ailing father. It was one of the last times that she sang in London prior to the First World War, during which Covent Garden was closed. At the end of the war, Melba was summoned from Australia by King George V to reopen the opera house on 12 May 1919. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Printed by Finden Brown & Co. Ltd 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 11 May 1914 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 1997.024.041