impresario

[im-pruh-sahr-ee-oh, -sair-]

noun

plural

impresarios 

1. a person who organizes or manages public entertainments, especially operas, ballets, or concerts.

2. any manager, director, or the like.

impresario

/ ˌɪmprəˈsɑːrɪˌəʊ /

noun

1. a producer or sponsor of public entertainments, esp musical or theatrical ones

2. the director or manager of an opera, ballet, or other performing company

impresario

1. A sponsor or producer of entertainment, especially someone who works with opera or ballet companies or performers of classical music.

Word History and Origins

Origin of impresario¹

1740–50; < Italian, equivalent to impres ( a ) impresa + -ario -ary

Word History and Origins

Origin of impresario¹

C18: from Italian, literally: one who undertakes; see _impresa

Example Sentences

As a songwriter, rapper, producer and record label impresario, Combs - formerly known as Puff Daddy - was one of the driving forces in hip-hop and R&B in the 1990s.

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The evening news experiment with Reasoner was a short-lived disaster, but Walters found a supporter in Roone Arledge, the ABC Sports impresario who took over the news division and had an appreciation for showmanship.

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Two years later, R&B impresario Clive Davis handed him a label to run, and soon Bad Boy Records dominated radio airplay.

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A forensic expert, three police officers and a music impresario have been jailed for covering up the 2015 murder of Venezuelan rapper Canserbero.

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Michaels, meanwhile, has made cameos as himself throughout his run on “SNL,” in sketches playing off his image as the show’s wise impresario.

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