Wainwright, a longtime opera fanatic, is a gifted melodist, and although the music of
Prima Donna is largely derivative (Debussy and Puccini come to mind from time to time), this score is very deftly made and orchestrated in an evocative and even innovative fashion--by Wainwright himself, though he admits to having "several fantastic assistants" who "guided him through the process" as well as a reliance on technology such as the Sibelius notation system.
In the category 'Single Specialty 1-lard Cheese,' the extra-long ripened
Prima Donna forte won a Gold Award and was elected 'Best Hard Specialty Cheese'.
The "arts" of the
prima donna are construed broadly "as the ways and means by which leading female singers can be seen to embrace and project their own agency, as well as artistic and literary responses that document their impact on contemporaries" (p.
Prof Cowgill said that "
prima donna" means "first lady" in Italian and was used as a neutral way of identifying the female lead in a show, while "diva" gave goddess-like quality to women.
After London (April 12-17) and then Toronto (June 14-19), "
Prima Donna" will play in the country of its native tongue.
"He spoke to them about his
Prima Donna show and was really quite jokey with the kids.
The term
prima donna carried specific connotations regarding the nature of the role and the amount of music to be sung.
If you seriously consider hiring a
prima donna, Toker says, weigh your ability to harness that strong producer against how he could disrupt business.
"I dont think my mother wanted me to become a little princess or a
prima donna," Susan said.
Nijinsky's modern physicality created a renaissance of male dancing, a revolution that rivaled the supremacy of the diva, the
prima donna, the ballerina.
A Bob Schultz replies: I call that attitude the
Prima Donna (or Prima Don) Syndrome.
He whistled piccolos and warbled transverse flutes, singing, shouting, waving about like a madman, being in himself dancer and ballerina, singer and
prima donna, all of them together and the whole orchestra, the whole theater; then redividing himself into twenty separate roles, running, stopping, glowing at the eyes like one possessed, frothing at the mouth.