Dame Nellie Melba. In a makeshift studio at the Chelmsford factory, using a microphone created with a telephone mouthpiece and wood from a cigar-box, she opened her recital at 19:10 on 15 June ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. This is the voice of one of the most famous opera singers of all time, Dame Nellie Melba.

The latest to regale the Granthams is Dame Nellie Melba, a real-life globally renowned Australian soprano, played by the equally lauded New Zealand soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa. But that's not the ...

New-release books include a biography of Dame Nellie Melba whose huge voice was no match for her ego; and a story of secrets, power and ambition that rivals television's Succession.