Wilhelm Ganz in London - 1886
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, page 315:
I pride myself on being the first to introduce Madame Melba to the English public. She came to me soon after her arrival from Australia in 1886, and brought me a letter of introduction from a friend in Melbourne. I asked her whether she had brought any songs for me to hear, and she said " Yes." So she sang the grand aria " Ah ! fors' e lui " from La Traviata. I was delighted. It could not have been better sung ; the vocalisation was perfect, and she warbled her runs and shakes without any effort. When I asked her to sing something else, she pleased me very much with her rendering of my … more >>
Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 315. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436458807940 accessed: 29 November, 2024
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Ah, fors'e lui from La Traviata
written by Giuseppe Verdi |
performed by Nellie Melba |
Sing Sweet Bird
written by Wilhelm Ganz |
performed by Nellie Melba |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 1886 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |