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impresario

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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.

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

impresario
Noun
pl -sarios a person who runs theatre performances, concerts, etc. [Italian]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.impresarioimpresario - a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments
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
Translations

impresario [ɪmprɪˈsɑːrɪəu] nempresario/a
impresario [ɪmprɪˈsɑːrɪəu] nimpresario m
impresario [ɪmprɪˈsɑːrɪəu] n (Theat) → Impresario m
impresario [ɪmprɪˈsɑːrɪəu] nimpresario/a


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On the strength of a batting average of thirty-three point nought seven for Middlesex, he had been engaged by the astute musical-comedy impresario to whom the idea first occurred that, if you have got to have young men to chant 'We are merry and gay, tra-la, for this is Bohemia,' in the Artists' Ball scene, you might just as well have young men whose names are known to the public.
 
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