primo uomon.

Brit.

/ˌpriːməʊ ˈwəʊməʊ/, U.S.

/ˌprimoʊ ˈwoʊmoʊ/

Inflections: Plural primi uomini.

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian primo uomo.

Etymology: < Italian primo uomo, literally ‘first man’ (1823 or earlier) < primo first (see prime adj.) + uomo man (see omee n.), perhaps after prima donna prima donna n. Compare prima donna n.

Chiefly historical.

The principal male role in an opera (originally a soprano role for a castrato, occasionally played by a woman); the principal male singer in an opera company.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > opera-singer > [noun] > chief male singer

first man1757

primo tenore1798

primo uomo1829

primo tenore assoluto1848

1829 Morning Chron. 23 Feb. The Lindor of Donzelli is, however, an exquisite performance, that truly primo uomo shining with equal excellence in the simple melody and in the more complicated harmonies of his part.

1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 366/1 Primo, (It.) First,..as tempo primo, at the original pace or time; violino primo, first fiddle;..primo musico and primo uomo, principal male singer in the opera.

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 509/1 It was de rigueur that the First Man (Primo uomo) should be an artificial Soprano.

1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 370/3 What the primo uomo was to the eighteenth-century opera..the man with the stick is to the symphony concerts.

1957 C. P. Brand Italy & Eng. Romantics xii. 179 The majority of Italian singers and instrumentalists were highly respected, and the prime donne and primi uomini were in most cases the idols of society.

2000 J. Rosselli in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing vii. 89 Soon afterwards..the castrato as primo uomo—‘first man’, the juvenile lead as hero or lover—became a requirement of Italian opera.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	primo uomo
释义	primo uomon. Brit. /ˌpriːməʊ ˈwəʊməʊ/, U.S. /ˌprimoʊ ˈwoʊmoʊ/ Inflections: Plural primi uomini. Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian primo uomo. Etymology: < Italian primo uomo, literally ‘first man’ (1823 or earlier) < primo first (see prime adj.) + uomo man (see omee n.), perhaps after prima donna prima donna n. Compare prima donna n. Chiefly historical. The principal male role in an opera (originally a soprano role for a castrato, occasionally played by a woman); the principal male singer in an opera company. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > opera-singer > [noun] > chief male singer first man1757 primo tenore1798 primo uomo1829 primo tenore assoluto1848 1829 Morning Chron. 23 Feb. The Lindor of Donzelli is, however, an exquisite performance, that truly primo uomo shining with equal excellence in the simple melody and in the more complicated harmonies of his part. 1876 J. Stainer & W. A. Barrett Dict. Musical Terms 366/1 Primo, (It.) First,..as tempo primo, at the original pace or time; violino primo, first fiddle;..primo musico and primo uomo, principal male singer in the opera. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 509/1 It was de rigueur that the First Man (Primo uomo) should be an artificial Soprano. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 May 370/3 What the primo uomo was to the eighteenth-century opera..the man with the stick is to the symphony concerts. 1957 C. P. Brand Italy & Eng. Romantics xii. 179 The majority of Italian singers and instrumentalists were highly respected, and the prime donne and primi uomini were in most cases the idols of society. 2000 J. Rosselli in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing vii. 89 Soon afterwards..the castrato as primo uomo—‘first man’, the juvenile lead as hero or lover—became a requirement of Italian opera. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829
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