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![Melba with her friend John Gorman Ford. Photograph by Numa Blanc fils, Monte Carlo, [1904]. Melba is shown in her costume as Helen of Troy in Saint-Saëns's opera Hélène first performed in Monte Carlo, 18 February 1904.](media/dyn-images/lrg-455.jpg "Melba with her friend John Gorman Ford. Photograph by Numa Blanc fils, Monte Carlo, [1904]. Melba is shown in her costume as Helen of Troy in Saint-Saëns's opera Hélène first performed in Monte Carlo, 18 February 1904.")
Melba with her friend John Gorman Ford. Photograph by Numa Blanc fils, Monte Carlo, [1904]. Melba is shown in her costume as Helen of Troy in Saint-Saëns's opera Hélène first performed in Monte Carlo, 18 February 1904.