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He got into repeated tiffs with edgy prima-donnas during his seven-year stay at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House.

From Time Magazine Archive

She said no family could stand two prima-donnas at the same time: as if I ever posed, or pretended to be as brilliant as she!

From Melomaniacs by Huneker, James

We are subdued by the loveliest of prima-donnas.

From Gifts of Genius A Miscellany of Prose and Poetry by American Authors by Various

It supplied also to the society in the boxes at the San Carlo, the Pergola, the Scala, the Italiens, and Her Majesty's, the entertainment, in the persons of famous prima-donnas, of an extraordinary vocal performance.

From From the Easy Chair — Volume 01 by Curtis, George William

Like all great prima-donnas, Madame Melba has a beautiful home of her own, and a country place to which she hies in the summer.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel