page_title: Prima donna
hierarchical_section_title: Prima donna
caption_attribution_description: English: Sailing card for the clipper ship Prima Donna.
context_page_description: In opera or commedia dell'arte, a prima donna 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. From its original usage in opera, the term has spread in contemporary usage to refer to anyone behaving in a demanding or temperamental fashion or having an inflated view of oneself and a narcissistic attitude.
  The prima donna in opera was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano. The corresponding term for the male lead is primo uomo.
context_section_description: In opera or commedia dell'arte, a prima donna ([ˈpriːma ˈdɔnna]; plural: prime donne; Italian for "first lady") 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. From its original usage in opera, the term has spread in contemporary usage to refer to anyone behaving in a demanding or temperamental fashion or having an inflated view of oneself and a narcissistic attitude.
  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.
caption: Prima Donna clipper ship card
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