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The prima donna assoluta is the Signora Anaide Castellan de
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843
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Besides, overall the work of governing is generally the work of men - not a choice 'career' taken up by some Evangelical 'soccer' mom with a bent for being the PTA "assoluta" and who confuses the American flag for Jesus and the state capitol for the cathedral.
Governor Palin de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Almost blind and 90 years old, Alicia Alonso, Cuba's prima ballerina assoluta, presents an unforgettable three-act incarnation of Tchaikovsky's classic, four-act ballet with her Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
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As prima blogger assoluta La Cieca pointed out, nobody knows.
Ma se mi toccano dov'è il mio debole sarò una vipera Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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As prima blogger assoluta La Cieca pointed out, nobody knows.
Archive 2008-02-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2008
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Today, she is Cuba's prima ballerina assoluta, and next month, she'll be 90.
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Includes appearances by one-fourth of The Curses, soprano Andrea Gruber, gamba heroine Matchless Orinda, and prima blogger assoluta La Cieca. posted by Matthew @ 1: 45 AM
Archive 2007-06-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Includes appearances by one-fourth of The Curses, soprano Andrea Gruber, gamba heroine Matchless Orinda, and prima blogger assoluta La Cieca. posted by Matthew @ 1: 45 AM
Prick Up Your Ears Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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His wife, Bolshoi prima ballerina assoluta Maya Plisetskaya, kindly autographed one of her DVDs that I'd brought along.
Viva Maya & Rodion Jessica 2008
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Madame Shchedrin's memoirs of her days as prima ballerina assoluta of the Bolshoi in haut-Soviet times.
Reading & listening for the autumn Jessica 2004
eggoabbas commented on the word assoluta
adjective meaning: absolute, supreme. Italian. Used in English to refer to opera singers and ballerinas (and maybe others).
July 8, 2009