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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. The prima donna was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano. The corresponding term for the male lead (almost always a tenor) is primo uomo.
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.
In nineteenth-century Italy, the leading woman in an opera or Commedia dell'arte company was known as the prima donna, literally the "first lady." This woman, usually the principal soprano of the company, would typically perform leading roles, and generally sang more music than other women in the company.
Famous opera prime donne have often caused opera enthusiasts to divide into opposing "clubs" supporting one singer over another. The rivalry between the fans of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, for example, was one of the most famous, despite the friendship of the two singers.
Marina Lambrini Diamandis (Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμαντή; born 10 October 1985), better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter. Born in Brynmawr and raised in nearby Pandy, she moved to London as a teenager in order to achieve a dream of being a singer, despite little formal musical experience. In 2009, Diamandis came to prominence after being ranked in second place on the Sound of 2010 poll organised by the BBC.
Diamandis's debut studio album The Family Jewels (2010) incorporates indie pop and new wave musical styles, and entered the UK Albums Chart at number five. Its second single "Hollywood" peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart. Her follow-up record Electra Heart (2012) integrates prominent elements of electropop, and became her first number-one project in the United Kingdom. Its lead single "Primadonna" stands as her highest-charting track in the country after reaching number 11. Diamandis's synthpop-inspired third studio album Froot (2015) became her third top-ten album in the United Kingdom, and her first top-ten entry on the US Billboard 200.
Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. In the early 1990s, she appeared on television series Star Search and The Mickey Mouse Club. In 1998, Aguilera signed with RCA Records and recorded her self-titled debut album, which was released in 1999. The album was a commercial success in the United States, spawning three U.S. Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles—"Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)", and helped Aguilera win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. In 2000, RCA released Aguilera's Spanish-language album Mi Reflejo and holiday-theme album My Kind of Christmas. Her 2002 fourth studio album, Stripped, ventured into various genres including hip hop, Latin, and rock, and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for its second single "Beautiful".
Aguilera's 2006 fifth studio album, Back to Basics, was inspired by blues, soul, and jazz music of the 1920s-40s. The album peaked at number one on record charts of thirteen countries and won a Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for its first single "Ain't No Other Man". In 2010, RCA released Aguilera's electronic-influenced album, Bionic, which failed to match the success of her previous albums; later that year, she starred in the film Burlesque. The following year, Aguilera was featured on Maroon 5's top-ten single "Moves like Jagger" and became an original coach on the U.S. television series The Voice, having since appeared on five of its nine seasons. Her 2012 seventh studio album, Lotus, became the lowest-selling album of her career. However, she later experienced rehabilitated commercial success in 2013, being featured on the top-ten singles "Feel This Moment" and "Say Something", which won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
Actors: Alexi Carpentieri (writer), Alexi Carpentieri (director), Mats Lindblom (actor), Malin Toverud (actress), Anitha Nygårds (actress), Stefan Eriksson (actor), Bitte Andersson (actress), Engla Famne (actress), Karin Victorin (actress), Ludvig Nilsson (actor), Alessandro Bucci (actor), Emelie Henriksson (actress), Felix Svanberg (actor), Minna Kavhed (actress), Carl-Michael Edenborg (actor),
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Short, Thriller,Actors: Anne Carr (actress), Deborah Abbott (actress), Anne Carr (miscellaneous crew), Samantha Inoue Harte (actress), Brinton Bryan (miscellaneous crew), Marco Perella (actor), Julie Strain (actress), Dan Eggleston (actor), Brooke Satrazemis (miscellaneous crew), Harry Jay Knowles (actor), Beth Gosnell (miscellaneous crew), Karen Ramirez (miscellaneous crew), Joe Hursley (actor), Marc Menchaca (actor), Mary Beth Chambers (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: The story of a bodybuilder who longs to be respected for his mind. Mike Zorillo, a small town Ohio champion bodybuilder with a genius IQ, journeys to the Mecca of bodybuilding, Los Angeles, determined to beat his nemesis, Jake Steel, with natural science instead of steroids. Far from home, he's confronted by a gym culture of freaks, juicers and Hollywood wannabes. As he pursues his dream, he's also persecuted by the world's largest sports nutrition company, an entity that's hell-bent on destroying him. Against all odds, the honest and driven bodybuilder resolves to win the prestigious "Mr. West Coast" competition as a way to prove himself and his ideas to the world.
Keywords: body-building, independent-filmActors: Abrahão Farc (actor), Paulo Betti (producer), Paulo Betti (director), André Abujamra (composer), Renato Consorte (actor), Paulo Betti (actor), Paulo Betti (writer), Milhem Cortaz (actor), Francisco Cuoco (actor), Fabiano Gullane (producer), Lázaro Ramos (actor), Sérgio Mekler (editor), Caio Gullane (producer), Luís Melo (actor), Fernanda Luz (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Cafundó is a 35 mm color film which blends fact with fiction in the life of João de Camargo, a former black slave (1858-1942, Sorocaba, Brazil) who, in his old age, works miracles and devotes himself to assisting others in order to attain his freedom. João de Camargo represents the genesis of religious and cultural syncretism in Brazil.
Keywords: 19th-century, bishop, bodily-possession, brazil, brazilian-culture, brazilian-history, catholicism, cattle, cheating-wife, churchActors: Chris Tsambis (director), Chris Tsambis (editor), Candace Mabry (actress), Scott Hodges (actor), Kent Igleheart (actor), Marian Wagner (actress), Julie Guy (actress), Lawrence Johnson (actor), Nicholas Lyle (writer), Jeremiah Adams (actor), Cara Price (producer), Robert Paul Smith (actor), Jason Hester (editor), Crissy Hester (editor), Jeff Hodges (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Hugo von Hofmannsthal (writer), Felix Breisach (director), Friedrich Wilhelm Junge (actor), Theo Adam (actor), Sophie Koch (actress), Jon Villars (actor), Jon Villars (actor), Urban Malmberg (actor), Dagmar Niefind (costume designer), Werner Güra (actor), Marco Arturo Marelli (miscellaneous crew), Colin Davis (actor), Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (actor), Susan Anthony (actress), Susan Anthony (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music,Actors: Pasquale Squitieri (writer), Salvatore Gallo (miscellaneous crew), Enrico Lo Verso (actor), Giovanni Di Benedetto (actor), Pasquale Squitieri (director), Pasquale Squitieri (writer), Clara Colosimo (actress), Claudio Spadaro (actor), Bruno Cremer (actor), Claudia Cardinale (actress), Victoria Zinny (actress), Eliana Miglio (actress), Gabriele Muccino (actor), Ferruccio De Ceresa (actor), Fabio Traversa (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Robert Wagner (actor), Denmei Suzuki (actor), Paul Sawtell (composer), Walter Reisch (writer), Walter Reisch (producer), Sarah Selby (actress), Edmond O'Brien (actor), Joan Collins (actress), Tatsuo Saitô (actor), Heihachirô Ôkawa (actor), Larry Keating (actor), Marjorie Fowler (editor), Sammee Tong (actor), Ken Scott (actor), William Yip (actor),
Genres: Drama, Mystery,Actors: Gavin Gordon (actor), Edward Hearn (actor), Henry Armetta (actor), Richard Carle (actor), George Guhl (actor), Edmund Cobb (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Chief John Big Tree (actor), Andy Devine (actor), James Donlan (actor), Spencer Charters (actor), Maurice Black (actor), James Flavin (actor), Sam Flint (actor), Arthur Hoyt (actor),
Genres: Musical,Actors: William Fox (miscellaneous crew), J. Farrell MacDonald (actor), Victor McLaglen (actor), Jack Pennick (actor), Buddy Roosevelt (actor), David Torrence (actor), Tom Wilson (actor), Eulalie Jensen (actress), Leatrice Joy (actress), Malcolm Stuart Boylan (writer), John Ford (director), Clyde Cook (actor), Slim Summerville (actor), James Kevin McGuinness (writer), Andrew Bennison (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: John G. Adolfi (actor), Jay Hunt (director), Dorothy Gibson (actress), Roy Applegate (actor), William S. Rising (actor), Grace Scott (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Download the new EP Prima Donna: http://smarturl.it/dVSPrimaDonna Stream now: http://smarturl.it/rVSPrimaDonna More From Vince Staples: http://www.vincestaples.com http://www.facebook.com/vincestaples http://twitter.com/VinceStaples http://instagram.com/VinceStaples http://smarturl.it/VinceStaplesSpotify http://vincestaples.tumblr.com Music video by Vince Staples performing Prima Donna. (C) 2016 Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (ARTium Recordings) http://vevo.ly/gCEaSP
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http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com Eighteenth in a series of clips from the 2004 film version of The Phantom of the Opera. Performed by Ciarán Hinds as Firmin and Simon Callow as Andre, with Minnie Driver as Carlotta and Miranda Richardson as Madame Giry. For more Phantom, find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Or follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/TheOperaGhosts Or add us to your Google+ Circles: https://plus.google.com/101928227383848124091/posts
Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxw1Zef3EO0 Cali rapper Vince Staples returns with a solid EP featuring stone cold flows and creative instrumentals. More hip hop reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4CSgl7K7ormBIO138tYonB949PHnNcP Buy this EP: http://amzn.to/2bVYREB =================================== Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1pBqGCN Official site: http://theneedledrop.com TND Twitter: http://twitter.com/theneedledrop TND Facebook: http://facebook.com/theneedledrop Support TND: http://theneedledrop.com/support =================================== FAV TRACKS: SMILE, PRIMA DONNA, PIMP HAND, LOCO LEAST FAV TRACK: LET IT SHINE VINCE STAPLES - PRIMA DONNA / 2016 / DEF JAM RECORDINGS / WEST COAST HIP HOP, HARDCORE HIP HOP 7/10 Y'all know this is just my opinion,...
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Vince Staples is in the studio with Zane Lowe Thursday to debut his new Prima Donna EP in its entirety for the first time on Beats 1. "I worked hard on it...On just trying to have stories to tell people. Honesty is easy. The stories—that's the hard part," Staples told Lowe about his writing process. Staples' has an explicit appetite for honesty and has even gone on record noting that music isn't the most important thing in the grand scheme of things. "You’re not a person when you make music. You’re a link. They just want to click it. It get’s kinda crazy out here." Subscribe to our New Complex Channel: https://goo.gl/43ac5w Subscribe to Complex for More: http://goo.gl/PJeLOl Check out more of Complex here: http://www.complex.com https://twitter.com/ComplexMag https://www.facebook.com/com...
"Bionic" (2010) PRIMA DONNA LYRICS - CHRISTINA AGUILERA [Verse 1] Tonight it's on Play my song It's a celebration I worked a long week And now there is no hesitation I need a drink or two Make that a few I ain't waiting Yes, yes I'm gone And you know I got no time for wasting [Pre-Chorus] Gonna forget my troubles Cause it's a special night Not going to stress on nothing I'm feeling quite alright If it's your birthday baby I'm going to grant your wish This is a private party VIP in this bitch [Chorus] I'm a prima donna I can rule the world Don't care who's around me I can fool the world So hand's up Catch this feeling There's no stopping this Right now in this moment I can rule the world So ladies, Pop, pop, pop Throw it up Make it Pop, pop, pop...
Be a part of the litter! SUBSCRIBE! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/verypalehipster Twitter: @verypalehipster Instagram: a_verypalehipster Following his breakout album Summertime '06, Vince Staples returns with an EP which explores with flow and delivery along with an intriguing story element. After ending on a cliffhanger, what can we expect from Vince in the future? Will it conclude the narrative of this short project? Or is it really something in its own and requires more listens to fully absorb? Who knows. Either way, it's yet another very good example as to why Vince Staples is a top tier artist in the game right now. Spotify: https://play.spotify.com/album/2haR5qnQopCdVASZ92YTGn?play=true&utm;_source=open.spotify.com&utm;_medium=open iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/pr...
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California rapper Vince Staples discusses his new EP Prima Donna, how he got into the street life and his views on it now, helping kids and treating rapping like a job.
Complete Documentary of the evolution of Rufus Wainwright's opera
I tried to believe you
but you're so unbelievable
You did what you had to do
It wasn't good
but you knew that anyway
didn't you
hear me crying
Give it one more shot
You came as a trouper
You left as Napoleon
Riding bareback
on a huge white stallion
If you win you can nail
my colours to the mast
But you don't you worry
if you lose I won't ask
Oh look at you know
See how she gets
I can't decide what it is
that I like about you
I'm under too much stress
You're a prima donna
One in a million
a go for it girl
You're a prima donna
Oh, a go for it girl
I was the only one
now you want another one
and one and one
and one and one is
Five good reasons
why I should be leaving
It's never too late
to give it one more shot
Oh look at those eyes
two tropical storms
Until I decide what it is
that I like about you
I'm coming back for more
You're a prima donna
One in a million
a go for it girl
You're a prima donna