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

For 10 long, intimidating seconds, the pair played piano and sang for the impresario.

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Cord became controlling owner of the Auburn Automobile Co. of Auburn, Ind. Cord was an impresario still in his early 30s, a larger-than-life guy who built a mansion in Beverly Hills called Cordhaven.

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D'Oyly Carte Island was bought by London theatre impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte in the late 19th Century.

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David King, a music-industry impresario played by Denzel Washington, warns his colleagues of artificial intelligence infecting a business driven by gut instinct and human sensibility.

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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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