melba nellie
31Melba, Dame Nellie — orig. Helen Porter Mitchell (19 may. 1861, Richmond, cerca de Melbourne, Australia–23 feb. 1931, Sydney). Soprano australiana. Después de estudiar con Mathilde Marchesi (n. 1821–m. 1913) en París, debutó en Bruselas en Rigoletto (1887), y en los… …
32Melba — do a Melba Return from retirement to make a number of farewell appearances. The phrase refers to Australian operatic soprano Dame Nellie Melba (Helen Porter Mitchell) 1861 1931, whose stage name derived from her birthplace, Melbourne. She… …
33melba sauce — noun Etymology: after Nellie Melba : sauce made essentially of raspberries and sugar and served often with ice cream or whipped cream on fruit compare pêche melba …
34melba toast — noun Etymology: Nellie Melba Date: 1925 very thin crisp toast …
35Melba toast — Mel|ba toast [ˌmelbə ˈtəust US ˈtoust] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Nellie Melba (1861 1931), Australian singer; because she was given it when she was ill] a type of thin dry ↑toast that breaks easily …
36Melba — (pêches) dessert ♦ Nellie Melba cantatrice australienne en l honneur de laquelle on a créé ce mets …
37Melba sauce — noun a sauce made from puréed raspberries thickened with icing sugar. Origin named after the Australian operatic soprano Dame Nellie Melba (1861–1931) …
38Melba sauce — /mɛlbə ˈsɔs/ (say melbuh saws) noun a sauce, made from sweetened pureed raspberries. {named after Dame Nellie Melba} …
39Melba toast — /mɛlbə ˈtoʊst/ (say melbuh tohst) noun very thinly sliced bread, baked in the oven until crisp; fairy toast. {named after Dame Nellie Melba} …
40Melba,Dame Nellie — Mel·ba (mĕlʹbə), Dame Nellie. Originally Helen Porter Mitchell. 1861 1931. Australian soprano primarily with London s Covent Garden (1889 1926) and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City (1893 1911). * * * …
