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  2. Prima donna - Wikipedia

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    Prima donna clipper ship card. In opera or commedia dell'arte, a prima donna (Italian: [ˈpriːma ˈdɔnna]; Italian for 'first lady'; 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 ...

  3. List of Italian musical terms used in English - Wikipedia

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    Definition A cappella: in chapel style: Sung with no (instrumental) accompaniment, has much harmonizing Aria: air: Piece of music, usually for a singer Aria di sorbetto: sorbet air: A short solo performed by a secondary character in the opera Arietta: little air: A short or light aria Arioso: airy A type of solo opera or operetta Ballabile ...

  4. List of English words of Italian origin - Wikipedia

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    Prima ballerina; Prima donna; Quartet (from Italian quartetto through French) Quintet (Italian: quintetto) Scherzo (in Italian means 'joke') Semibreve; Sextet (Italian: sestetto) Sol-fa, solfa, solfeggio, solfège (the last one through French) Solo (in Italian means 'alone') Soloist (Italian: solista) Sonata; Soprano

  5. Diva - Wikipedia

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    If referring to an actress, the meaning of diva is closely related to that of prima donna. Diva can also refer to a person, especially one in show business , with a reputation for being temperamental or demanding.

  6. Castrato - Wikipedia

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    He mentions meeting an abbé whom he took for a girl in disguise, only later discovering that "she" was a famous castrato. In Rome in 1762 he attended a performance at which the prima donna was a castrato, "the favourite pathic" of Cardinal Borghese, who dined every evening with his protector. From his behaviour on stage "it was obvious that he ...

  7. Prima Donna (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Prima Donna (cheese), a Dutch cheese brand Prima Donna, a 1959 Australian television play; Prima Donnas, a 2019 Philippine TV drama series; Primadonna, a defunct casino once located on the site of the Montage Reno, Nevada, US

  8. Droit du seigneur - Wikipedia

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    Droit du seigneur [a] ('right of the lord'), also known as jus primae noctis [b] ('right of the first night'), sometimes referred to as prima nocta, [c] was a supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with any female subject, particularly on her wedding night.

  9. Donna - Wikipedia

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    Donna may refer to the short form of the honorific nobildonna, ... "Donna, Donna", a Yiddish song "Donna the Prima Donna", a 1963 song by Dion; Other