A Quote by Giuseppe Verdi

The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna.

Giuseppe Verdi

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Giuseppe Verdi
Italian - Composer
October 10, 1813 - January 27, 1901

There is actually a great book called Prima Donna by Rupert -Christiansen that deconstructs the myth. In fact, many of the women who were prima donnas were feminists and incredible forces for their time.

Rufus Wainwright

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

Barbara Walters

There's only one prima donna in my pictures, and that's me!

William Wyler

The act of the soul, in surrendering itself into the hands of Christ, forms a connecting bond between Him as the Vine and the soul as the branches, which communicates life, strength, nourishment, and beauty. In a word, with a just view of the character, and a supreme attachment to the person of Christ, the believer yields himself into His hands as a full and complete Saviour. Him he receives; upon Him he rests, and rests for time and eternity.

Gardiner Spring

I am not a prima donna. It's just that I feel cold on the bench.

Toni Kukoc

'Prima Donna' is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.

Rufus Wainwright

Prima Donna is my kind of love song to opera but it's not the full experience.

Rufus Wainwright

Nah, I'm not a prima donna, but I just don't like being cold and wet.

Morris Chestnut

I'm always aware that I risk being taken for a neurasthenic prima donna when I explain to someone who wants 'just a little' of my time that five minutes of the wrong kind of distraction can ruin a working day.

Gail Godwin

One thing that I've learned is that you don't have to be a prima donna or think you are better than other people in order to succeed.

Mauro Ranallo

I've never had any prima donna attitude against me. It's always been very respectful.

Rey Mysterio

Elvis was incredibly cooperative. He would try anything. He wasn't a diva, no prima donna. When it came to work, he was a workhorse.

Jerry Leiber

The only time I eat alone is if I'm really tired or upset about something or on the phone to one of my friends, when it's easier to be alone. But you can't be too wrapped up in yourself... it starts making you look a little bit prima donna.

Dakota Blue Richards

In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it.

Toni Morrison

I prefer it when the conductor follows me. It is more difficult to work with a conductor who does not listen - even if I understand that sometimes it makes sense when one person is ruling everything. But for bel canto, I have to have a conductor who listens and supports me.

Anna Netrebko

What appeals to me about an American music directorship is the involvement of the conductor with the orchestra and the community. I think that's a fantastic thing. In Europe, being principal conductor means merely that you're the person who does most of the concerts. For me, that simply isn't enough.

Jeffrey Tate

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