Melba may refer to:
People
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Nellie Melba
Dame Nellie Melba (born Helen Porter Mitchell; 19 May 186123 February 1931) was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early twentieth century, and was the f ...
(1861–1931), Australian soprano opera singer
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Melba Montgomery
Melba Joyce Montgomery (October 14, 1938 – January 15, 2025) was an American country music singer and songwriter. She was known for a series of duet recordings made with George Jones, Gene Pitney, and Charlie Louvin. She was also a solo artis ...
(1938–2025), American country singer-songwriter
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Melba Moore
Beatrice Melba Smith (born October 29, 1945) known by her stage name Melba Moore, is an American singer and actress.
Biography Early life and education
Moore was born Beatrice Melba Smith on October 29, 1945, in New York City to Gertrude Melba ...
(born 1945), American R&B singer and actress
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Melba Roy Mouton (1929–1990), American NASA scientist
Arts and entertainment
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''Melba'' (1976 album), by Melba Moore
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''Melba'' (1978 album), by Melba Moore
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''Melba'' (film), a 1953 musical biopic about Nellie Melba
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''Melba'' (miniseries), a 1988 Australian miniseries about Nellie Melba
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''Melba'' (radio serial), 1946–7 musical drama about Nellie Melba
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''Melba'' (TV series), a TV series starring Melba Moore
Places
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Melba, Australian Capital Territory
Melba is a residential suburb in the Belconnen district of Canberra, located within the Australian Capital Territory, Australia. The suburb of Melba is named after Dame Nellie Melba (1861–1931), the first internationally recognised Australian ...
, a suburb of Canberra, Australia
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Melba, Idaho
Melba is a village in Canyon County, Idaho. The population was 513 at the time of the 2010 census, up from 439 in 2000. It is part of the Boise metropolitan area.
History
Melba was founded in 1912 by Clayton C. Todd, who named it after his d ...
, a small town in the United States
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Melba Gully State Park
The Melba Gully State Park was formed to protect a small pocket of natural temperate rainforest in the Otway Ranges near Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia. The park is extremely valuable as one of the few pockets of natural old-growth Otway Rang ...
, an area of the Otway Ranges, Australia
Other uses
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Melba (apple)
Melba is a Canadians, Canadian cultivar of domesticated apple, which was developed by W. T. Macoun at the Central Experimental Farm, in Ottawa, Ontario by crossing a McIntosh (apple), McIntosh with a Liveland Raspberry apple. It has a yellow skin ...
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''Melba'' (beetle), a genus of insects in the family Staphylinidae
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Melba (restaurant)
Melba is a French restaurant in the Saint-Sauveur neighbourhood of Quebec City, Canada.
History
The business opened in late 2022, started by Guillaume St-Pierre. St. Pierre is known for being the chef-owner of popular Quebec City Italian resta ...
, Michelin-recommended French restaurant in
Quebec City
Quebec City is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. As of July 2021, the city had a population of 549,459, and the Census Metropolitan Area (including surrounding communities) had a populati ...
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The Melba, Sydney
Caroline Frances Pugliese (17 February 1865 – 4 May 1940) was an Australian theatre proprietor. She was involved in creating three early Australian films.
Early life
Caroline Frances Donaldson was born on 17 February 1865 in the Sydney suburb ...
, former name of a theatre in Sydney, aka Alhambra Music Hall
* Melba, the name of a monster from the show ''
Ultraman Tiga
is a Japanese tokusatsu TV drama and the eighth entry (twelfth overall) in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Mainichi Broadcasting System, ''Ultraman Tiga'' had aired at 6:00 pm and aired between September 7, 1996, t ...
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Melba Opera Trust
The Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music was a school of music located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. During its early days it was closely associated with opera diva Dame Nellie Melba, after whom it was later named. In 1994 it became affi ...
, formed after the closure of Melba Memorial Conservatorium of Music, Melbourne, Australia
See also
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Peach Melba, a dessert
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Melba toast, a dry, thin, crisp toast often served with soup
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