Impresario meaning

ĭm'prĭ-sär'ē-ō', -sâr'-
One who sponsors or produces entertainment, especially the director of an opera company.
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A manager; a producer.
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The organizer, manager, or director of an opera or ballet company, concert series, etc.
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A manager or producer in the entertainment industry, especially music or theatre.
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Origin of impresario

Italian from impresa undertaking from feminine past participle of imprendere to undertake from Vulgar Latin imprēndere emprise

Sentence Examples

  • It was a big hit and Allan Carr became an impresario by the time he was 20.

  • The show was owned by ATV which was owned by theatrical impresario Lew Grade.

  • These were performed in St Petersburg in 1909 and heard by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev.

  • The Greek drummer turned r&b impresario hired our boy after hearing his version of Please, Please, Please apparently.

  • He was able to realize his ideas through Ballets Russes, a new company organized by Russian impresario Sergei Diaghilev.

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