MADAME MELBA
ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION AT DUNEDIN. By Telegraph—Press Association. Dunedin, last night, Madame Melba met with a most enthusiastic reception at her first concert in the colony, in His Majesty’s Theatre this evening. The building 4 was filled in every available part, constituting at the prices what must have been a record house for the colony. The general public crowded the streets to get a glimpse of the diva and catch the strains of her voice through the doors. A tremendous ovation followed her singing of the mad scene from " Hamlet,” which, dramatically rendered, was the greatest of all her efforts. A wealth of floral tributes was bestowed on the famous singer, who sang six times, and brought a brilliant concert to a close with Tosti’s " Good-bye,”
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 820, 19 February 1903, Page 2
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