Prima donnas (Singers)
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Name (Hebrew)
פרימדונות (זמרים)
Name (Latin)
Prima donnas (Singers)
Name (Arabic)
بريما دونا
Other forms of name
Prime donne (Singers)
See Also From tracing topical name
Women singers
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Q693249
Library of congress:
sh2006006347
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Rutherford, S. The prima donna and opera, 1815-1930, 2006:p. 1-2 (prime donne, a group of working artists; female singers; focus of the book is on the singer who aspired to become a prima donna)
- Web. 3(Prima donna (plural: prima donnas). The leading or a principal female singer in an opera or concert organization)
- OED online, Aug. 22, 2006(Prima donna (plural: prime donne, (prima donnas)). The first or principal female singer in an opera)
- New Grove online, Aug. 28, 2006((It.: 'first lady'). The leading female role in an opera, often though not always a soprano; by extension, the leading female singer on the roster of an opera company (although a prima donna role could be played by a castrato); later, a vain, capricious person. The term seems to derive from Italian commedia dell'arte; the establishment of the term 'prima donna' in opera came largely with the rise of opera seria, in which a smaller cast of more regular constitution generally included two women, both with substantial parts but one as a rule more prominent)
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Wikipedia description:
In opera or commedia dell'arte, a prima donna (Italian: [ˈpriːma ˈdɔnna]; Italian for 'first woman'; pl.: prime donne) is the leading female singer in the company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given. Prime donne often had grand off-stage personalities and were seen as demanding of their colleagues. Because of this, the term has spread in contemporary usage, from its original usage in opera to referring to anyone behaving in a demanding or temperamental fashion or having an inflated view of oneself. The prima donna in opera was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano. The corresponding term for the male lead (usually a castrato in the 17th and 18th centuries, later a tenor) is primo uomo..
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