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Was it bad yes, are you blowing it out of proportion with terms like “diva” (does that make the men “divos”?)
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He was reluctant to give football advice, although he did talk about certain opera productions plagued by too many big names, in which "all the various divas and divos try to crowd each other, upstage each other, sing the highest note, hold it the longest, and what generally happens is the show suffers."
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It is the most demanding art form known to man and the one given the least chance of succeeding: vastly complicated shows are given no previews, rehearsals are frequently inadequate, a handful of divas and divos still swan in at the last moment.
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Their prices are slightly higher than other fast fashion retailers, but they have a knack for hitting the trends and giving daytime outfits a little extra drama, and disco diva/divos a little extra kick to their look.
The Shopping Diet Phillip Bloch 2010
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It seems definite, on the other hand, that the Missa Sine nomine was composed for King Ferdinand, a supposition encouraged by the distich found at the head of this mass in the Verona manuscript: “Ferdinande sacer inter divos referende cantica tinctoris suscipe parva tui” “O Ferdinand, saintly enough to be counted amongst the gods, accept these little compositions by Tinctoris”.
Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009
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The time has come for battling divas and divos on the dance floor and the night didn't disappoint!
Gayired.com - Gay OnLine Community for Entertainment and Daily News 2009
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Even by opera's surrealistic standards, the young divas in gowns and young divos in tuxedos filing through the casual crowds...
Archive 2009-04-01 sfmike 2009
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Even by opera's surrealistic standards, the young divas in gowns and young divos in tuxedos filing through the casual crowds...
Palm Springs Opera in the Park sfmike 2009
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With Mr. Daniels in the title role, the two divos went head to head: Tamerlano (a.k.a. Tamerlane), the Tartar ruler who has vanquished Bajazet, plans to marry Bajazet's daughter Asteria and further humiliate his enemy.
Daniels and Domingo 2008
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Si longe aspiciens haec urit lumine divos atque homines prope, cur urere lina nequit?
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