https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/0ab94466fd9835393a45ad63ffcd4e5f.jpg a821f5947bef362717569cc148074426 https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/grainger/files/original/618b895cc95d495c55fd4f8b1dd5dd3a.jpg acf7e9a7dca684d650f916a18d71d92b 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 Cloak worn by Nellie Melba as Elsa in Lohengrin, c.1891 Subject The topic of the resource Objects of Fame: Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger Description An account of the resource This ‘cloak of angels’ was worn by Melba to perform before Tsar Alexander III in St Petersburg in 1891. Together with Polish opera singers Jean and Edouard de Reszke, she had been commanded by the Tsar to perform in several operas at his Imperial Theatre. During the journey there, customs officials stopped the train at the Russian border and searched the passengers’ luggage. To Melba’s dismay, the cloak was thrown into the snow; she rushed outside, desperately trying to explain its importance. After the performance, the Tsarina admired the costume, stroking it and saying 'How perfectly lovely this is!' Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Designed by Jean-Philippe Worth, Paris 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 c.1891 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 1977.001.001 | Gift of Pamela, Lady Vestey, 1977