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NOTABLE ARTISTIC VISITORS. 



A GREAT PRIMA DONNA. 

 Mme. Nordica is still one of the 

 greatest dramatic sopranos the world has 

 ever knowi . It is many years since 1 

 heard her m the Metropolitan Opera 

 House in New York, but I still carry the 

 recollection of the wonderful impression 

 she made, and the ease with which her 

 magnificent voice filled the vast house, 

 crowded with spell-bound listeners. Last 

 year her appearance in London, after a 

 long absence, was made the occasion of 

 a wonderful demonstration. 



She is giving concerts in the chief Aus- 

 tralian cities, although confining herself 

 to three or four appearances in each. 

 Peopleherewill no doubt seize the oppor- 

 tunity of hearing the great American 

 prima donna, whose name is little 

 known in the antipodes. Besides being 

 the greatest exponent of Wagnerian 

 opera in the world, Mme. Nordica, is a 

 stalwart supporter of woman suffrage in 

 America, and shows a practical sym- 

 pathy with those who are striving for 

 equal rights for women everywhere. 

 Melbourne women, in order to show 



their appreciation of her activities m 

 this respect, have requested her to give a 

 special women's concert. This will take 

 place at the Auditorium on August 14. 

 immediately following her season of 

 four concerts in Victoria's capital. It 

 is to be hoped that the great hall wM 

 be crowded that night. 



Mme. Nordica was born at Farming- 

 ton, in Maine, U.S.A., where her ances- 

 tors, the Nortons, had lived for nearly 

 300 years. She is the wife of Mr. 

 Young, a well known American banker. 

 Having during her long career come 

 across many girls with voices of fine 

 j)romise who cannot afford to pay for 

 tuition, she founded for their benefit a 

 gn-ls' club in New York, where musical 

 triiining is given free. In the midst of 

 her many and great personal triumphs 

 she forgets herself in serving others, for 

 her life has lieen tiill of unostentatious 

 good deeds. 



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Felice L\ne, like Mme. Nordica, is an 

 American, tlunigh, unlike her, she has 

 all her career before her. .She will be 



