WHAT MELBA HAS REFUSED.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1246, 30 September 1911, Page 11

WHAT MELBA HAS REFUSED.

Tho return of Mme. Melba to Sydney has given occasion for typical Xlelba nights of crowded enthusiasm (says the "Sydney Aloniing Herald"). Though much of her exquisite art is essentially caviare to tlio general, and of that calibre of art which conceals art, still, the most wonderful voice in the world has been available for all who havo-ears to hear. No one who knows could have heard her heroic tight through ''La Iraviata" last week without recognising her as\ill. With partial deafness, a troublesomo throat, difficulty of breathing to contend with, her survival to tho end can only be set down as a triumph of sheer determination. Tho audiences are consistently largo, but they would need to fill a much larger theatre to compensate Mmo. Melba financially. She is not out for that at all. For one thing, in no other theatre when she sings may you buy a stall for fifteen shillings. For an-

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