Roles
| Prima donna | first lady | Leading female role |
| Primo uomo | first man | Leading male role |
| Comprimario/a | con primario, with the first | A supporting role |
| Concertino | little concert | The smaller, more virtuosic, group of musicians in a concerto grosso |
| Ripieno | filling or stuffing | The larger group of musicians in a concerto grosso |
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Famous quotes containing the word roles:
“It was always the work that was the gyroscope in my life. I don’t know who could have lived with me. As an architect you’re absolutely devoured. A woman’s cast in a lot of roles and a man isn’t. I couldn’t be an architect and be a wife and mother.”
—Eleanore Kendall Pettersen (b. 1916)
“Productive collaborations between family and school, therefore, will demand that parents and teachers recognize the critical importance of each other’s participation in the life of the child. This mutuality of knowledge, understanding, and empathy comes not only with a recognition of the child as the central purpose for the collaboration but also with a recognition of the need to maintain roles and relationships with children that are comprehensive, dynamic, and differentiated.”
—Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century)