The ghost of Dame Nellie

This striking image of the late famous soprano Helen Noonan Filmed in Melbourne’s historic Exhibition Building. (Photo, circa 1988.)

Past performances have included the role of Dame Nellie Melba inside Therese Radic‘s Peach Melba.

Accordingly IMDbNoonan:

‘…he initially trained as an actor and appeared in small television roles in the early 80s. She started her opera singing training for the first time in 1983, at the age of 35. ‘Helen later performed with the Melbourne Opera Company until her death in 2016.’

**This photo is part of an IA. A series that looks at Australia through the eyes of award-winning photojournalist Bill McAuley.**

Bill McAuley’s 40-plus-year news career began in 1969 as a student photographer at ‘The Age’ in Melbourne.

He has several published collections including ‘Portraits of the Soul: A lifetime of images with Bill McAuley’ and ‘Last Light on Victoria Dock, 1999’. Click to see more from Bill Here.

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