Nelda McDonald
Nelda is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Nelda Garrone ( 1880–?), Italian mezzo-soprano *Nelda Martinez (born 1961), American real estate agent and politician *Nelda Speaks (born 1943), American politician See also *Zelda (given name) Zelda is a nickname for the feminine name Griselda, which may originally have meant "dark battle" or "strong woman;" often combined to mean "Grey fighting maiden". It is also the feminine form of the Yiddish name Selig, meaning "blessed", "happy" ...

Nelda Garrone
Nelda (or Nella) Garrone (born c. 1880) was an Italian mezzo-soprano, best known for her interpretations of comprimaria roles in some of the earliest complete opera recordings. There is no information on Garrone's place of birth, her early years and her vocal studies. She probably made her debut in 1907 at the Teatro Lirico in Milan as Suzuki in Giacomo Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly''.La Voce Antica"Garrone, Nelda"/ref> From that point she had a notable career as a comprimaria mezzo-soprano, performing parts like Maddalena in Giuseppe Verdi's ''Rigoletto'', Afra in Alfredo Catalani's ''La Wally'', Contessa di Coigny and Madelon in Umberto Giordano's ''Andrea Chénier'', Marta and Pantalis in Arrigo Boito's ''Mefistofele'', Wockle in Puccini's ''La fanciulla del West'' and others. In 1908 she was heard as Suzuki at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in the local premiere of ''Madama Butterfly'' opposite Maria Farneti as Cio-Cio-San and Amedeo Bassi as Pinkerton. The next year she san ...
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Nelda Martinez
Nelda Martinez (born July 22, 1961) is an American real estate agent and politician who served as mayor of the Texas city of Corpus Christi from 2012 to 2016. Martinez is affiliated with the Democratic Party. Mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas Nelda Martinez is a former Mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, and was the third woman to hold the position since the election of Betty Turner, the first female mayor, in 1987. She was elected in 2012. Before becoming mayor, she was an at-large member of the Corpus Christi City Council from 2007 to 2012. Martinez was reelected to a second term in 2014. Martinez announced that she would run in 2016 but lost re-election for a third and final term to Dan McQueen on November 8, 2016. After McQueen resigned from office after five weeks, Martinez announced her intent to run in the special mayoral election, formally filing on February 28, 2017. Joe McComb won the special election. Early life and education Martinez was born in Corpus Christi, Tex ...
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