From opera. A woman superduperstar, a more-than-prima donna, often regal and difficult. When I were a wee lad (...why, we had to walk 77 miles to go to the outhouse ...but I digress.), THE Diva was Maria Callas. Now anyone can be a diva, in this Age of Attitude. Even pop singers, drag queens, Alexei Yashin, and Barry Sanders.

A 1981 film by Jean-Jacques Beineix; a nice ensemble cast, and soprano Wilhelmina Wiggins Fernandez as The Diva. A bootleg, a confession...