impresario (redirected from Impressario)

im·pre·sa·ri·o  (mpr-sär-, -sâr-)

n. pl. im·pre·sa·ri·os

1. One who sponsors or produces entertainment, especially the director of an opera company.

2. A manager; a producer.

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[Italian, from impresa, undertaking, from feminine past participle of imprendere, to undertake, from Vulgar Latin *imprndere; see emprise.]

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impresario [ˌɪmprəˈsɑːrɪˌəʊ]

n pl -sarios

1. (Performing Arts / Theatre) a producer or sponsor of public entertainments, esp musical or theatrical ones

2. (Performing Arts / Theatre) the director or manager of an opera, ballet, or other performing company

[from Italian, literally: one who undertakes; see impresa]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

impresario - a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments promoter, showman booker, booking agent - someone who engages a person or company for performances exhibitioner, exhibitor, shower - someone who organizes an exhibit for others to see organ-grinder - a street musician who plays a hand organ or hurdy-gurdy porn merchant, pornographer - someone who presents shows or sells writing or pictures that are sexually explicit in violation of the community mores

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impresario

noun producer, director, manager, promoter, organizer, régisseur (French) He's the actor turned impresario behind the pantomime production.

Translations

impresario [ˌɪmpreˈsɑːrɪəʊ] N → empresario/a m/f

impresario [ˌɪmprɪˈsɑːriəʊ] n → impresario m

impresario

n → Impresario m, → Theater-/Operndirektor(in) m(f)

impresario [ˌɪmprɛˈsɑːrɪəʊ] n → impresario/a