1. prima donna - Noun
2. prima donna - Adjective
The first or chief female singer in an opera.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAbbott herself became known among Americans as 'the people's prima donna'. Source: Internet
Another Singspiel with much spoken dialogue taken from plays of that time, the plot of Der Schauspieldirektor features two sopranos vying to become prima donna in a newly assembled company. Source: Internet
Calvocoressi (1956: p. 135) The premiere took place on 27 January 1874, as a benefit for prima donna Yuliya Platonova. Source: Internet
Five years before the story's events, Adler had a brief liaison with Crown Prince of Bohemia Wilhelm von Ormstein while she was prima donna of the Imperial Opera of Warsaw. Source: Internet
Another prima donna, but without the CREDS to support being a prima donna. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet