The leading female singer is called a Prima Donna.
The leading male singer is called a Prima Divo.
Wrong. "Prima" is the word for "first", but it's in the feminine form.
"Prima donna" means first lady. "Primo huomo" means first man.
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In the modern era (today) simply "female lead". in 18th and 19th centuries she would be callled "Prima Donna" (First Lady) taking this a step further a "Prima Donna assoluta" would be ahead of all the rest of the female singers. The only ones to be accorded that title in modern times are Maria Calla and Dame Joan Sutherland.
The leading female singer is called a Prima Donna.
The leading male singer is called a Prima Divo.
Wrong. "Prima" is the word for "first", but it's in the feminine form.
"Prima donna" means first lady. "Primo huomo" means first man.
Diva and also Prima Donna. Both have acquired slang meanings akin to (Big shot) or overblown and egotistical female celebrity.
well a female opera singer is a prima Donna
Placido Domingo is a famous opera singer; Enrico Caruso was a famous opera singer. Anna Netrebko is a famous opera singer; Joan Sutherland was a famous opera singer. There are too many to list here.
No she is not - see link below.
Apparently, Mr Rowe earned operatic singing credits with the Baltimore Opera.
Yes. Grant Wood married former opera singer Sara Sherman Maxon in 1935, but later divorced in 1938.