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Purchased 2007
Roger Neill delves into the life of a lesser-known Australian diva, Frances Alda.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Roger Neill 2006
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Eric Harding and Athol Hawke 2002
Frances Alda (1879–1952) was one of the world's greatest sopranos. Born Fanny Jane Davis in Christchurch, New Zealand, which claims her as a prominent expatriate, she was raised in Melbourne, where she began singing operetta in 1897.
2 portraits in the collection