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This article examines the historical constitution and construction of prima donna, probably the most intrinsic opera’s institution expanding from the end of the sixteenth century till today.

If only someone would see her perform and understand what lay beneath: a soul driven by music, but pining for love. She suffered under the scrutiny of the public, and yearned for a day when someone would rescue her from the Colonel, and release her from the misery of parading before dilettantes, prostituting her voice and her art. Every night he forced her out on stage to sing for unappreciative fools. It is neither possible nor desirable to recover a singular idea of Grisi as a celebrity or as a woman instead, the multiple images of Grisi must be read as negotiations of identity on the part of the consumers as they participated in the nascent celebrity culture of the 1830s. The fluid and constantly negotiated relationship between the diva and her audience offered a locus for expressing social relations in London during a period of changing class and national definitions. Audience members could bring different versions of the diva home: through reports (or experiences with her) as a guest or entertainer at parties, through gossip about her personal life reported in newspapers and through pieces arranged 'as sung by' her. Italian singer Giulia Grisi was imagined and 'possessed' in various ways by members of diverse social groups in London during the 1830s.

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