Mary Mellish (soprano)

In 1925 she originated the role of Catherine the Great in Harry B. Smith's Broadway musical Natja Marry Mellish was born Mary Flannery in Albany, New York in 1890.

[5] She later studied singing in New York City with Estelle Liebling,[6] and German lieder with composer and pianist Richard Epstein (1869-1919).

[8] In 1920 she gave a song recital at Aeolian Hall that included arias by George Frideric Handel, Jean-Baptiste Lully, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

[1] Other roles she sang at the Met included Nella in Gianni Schicchi, a high school girl in Shanewis, the handmaiden in L'amore dei tre re, Frasquita in Carmen, Dolcina in Suor Angelica, a choirboy in Le Prophète, Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto, a flower maiden in Parsifal, Javotte in Manon, Marguerite in Louise, a page in Lohengrin, Helmwige in Die Walküre, and Musetta in La Bohème.

[15] In 1925 Mellish originated the role of Catherine the Great in Harry B. Smith's Broadway musical Natja which ran at the Knickerbocker Theatre.