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impresario

UK/ˌɪmpɹɪˈsɑːɹɪəʊ/US/ˌɪmpɹɪˈsɑːɹɪəʊ/
nounC2Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,318 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: impresarios

An impresario is somebody who organises and finances shows. A theatrical impresario, the great impresarios, act as impresario.

It is Italian and belongs to opera and theatre, where the impresario took the financial risk and the credit alike. The modern equivalent is a producer, and the word survives for its glamour.

Definitions of impresario

  1. 1nounimpresarioSomebody who organises and finances shows.C2

    “The theatre impresario spent a fortune bringing the famous musical to London.”

impresario is a producer.

Where it comes from

  1. Italian

    impresario

  2. English, today

    impresario

Borrowed from Italian impresario.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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impresario in the wild

  • Sarah Caldwell was an American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director.

    Sarah Caldwell

  • Billy Mack Ham was an American music impresario, best known as the manager, producer, and image-maker for the blues-rock band ZZ Top.

    Bill Ham

  • Sir Peter Saunders was an English theatre impresario, notable for his production of the long-running Agatha Christie murder mystery, The Mousetrap.

    Peter Saunders (impresario)

  • Michael Simon White was a British theatrical impresario and film producer.

    Michael White (producer)

  • John Cort was an American impresario; his Cort Circuit was one of the first national theater circuits.

    John Cort (impresario)

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.