17-06-2025
Who Are You Calling A Diva? What History Tells Us About The Prima Donna
The diva. She's a divine cantatrice and a villainous prima donna. The curator of Tāmaki Paenga Hira Auckland War Memorial Museum's upcoming exhibition Diva speaks to Madeleine Crutchley about the fantastical and fraught figure.
'Okay, diva!'
There's a kaleidoscope of connotations for this phrase.
It could be