Record

Performance TitleMadame Melba's Grand Evening Concert
Performance Date2 November 1898
Performance DayWednesday
Performance Time20:00
Main PerformersMadame Nellie Melba,
Miss Ada Crossley,
Mr Ben Davies,
Mr Santley - vocals,
Johann Kruse - violin,
Frederic Griffith - flute
Orchestra or BandOrchestra
ConductorsM M Arditi,
Landon Ronald,
Armando Seppilli
Set ListIncluded:
'Mad Scene' from Lucia (Nellie Melba),
'Se Saran Rose' (Nellie Melba)
ENCORE
'Mattinata', Tosti (Nellie Melba),
'Goodbye', Tosti (Nellie Melba),
'Nymphes et Sylvaius', Bemberg (Nellie Melba),
'Che Faro' (Ada Crossley),
'Introduction' and 'Adagio Religioso' from Violin Concerto in D Minor, Vieuxtemp (Johann Kruse)
Performance NotesLandon Ronald's debut Royal Albert Hall performance.
Dame Nellie Melba's debut Royal Albert Hall performance.
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
Work9146Madame Melba's Grand Evening Concert1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/161Melba; Dame; Nellie (19 May 1861-23 February 1931); GBE; Australian operatic soprano
DS/UK/3984Crossley; Ada Jemima (1874-1929); Australian singer
DS/UK/1616Davies; Ben (1858-1943); Welsh tenor
DS/UK/3982Santley; Sir; Charles (1834-1922); British opera singer
DS/UK/6069Kruse; Johann Secundus (1858-1927); Australian violinist
DS/UK/6070Griffith; Frederick (1867-1917); Welsh flautist
DS/UK/5706Arditi; Luigi (22 July 1822-1 May 1903); Italian violinist, composer and conductor
DS/UK/194Ronald; Sir; Landon (1873-1938); English conductor, composer, pianist, singing teacher and administrator
DS/UK/6071Seppilli; Armando (fl 1898); Conductor
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