impresario
a person who organizes or manages public entertainments, especially operas, ballets, or concerts.
any manager, director, or the like.
Origin of impresario
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How to use impresario in a sentence
They faced the indifference, puzzlement, nay-saying, and sometimes enmity of agents, managers, impresarios, audiences, critics, fellow performers, even their families.
Ravenell represented a marijuana boss and nightclub impresario named Richard Byrd, who trafficked marijuana across the country and was indicted in 2014.
A hush surrounds case involving two of Baltimore’s most prominent lawyers | Justin Fenton | November 18, 2021 | Washington PostThere’s Citius Mag, the podcast-heavy online venture by noted impresario and aspiring sub-five-minute miler Chris Chavez.
These Gen Z Runners Want to Reinvent Running Media | mmirhashem | September 8, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe global capital of clubbing has a secret—there's an underground war being waged to be the top club impresario in town.
The Battle to Be King of Ibiza Nightlife | Melanie Mendelewitsch | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe smiling, white-haired impresario opened the Ibiza club in 1973, before turning it into a global franchise.
The Battle to Be King of Ibiza Nightlife | Melanie Mendelewitsch | October 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Leonard was now the impresario of Delta Blues, music sold to the poorest people in the city.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters | Alex Belth | August 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Warning to politicians,” Internet impresario Matt Drudge recently tweeted.
Why TV Anchor Jorge Ramos Swam Across The Rio Grande | Lloyd Grove | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven movie mega-impresario Harvey Weinstein is turning one of his films, Finding Neverland, into a stage musical.
An impresario once told me that my destiny was to sing in public.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | Various"That's right," said the impresario, and he stopped laughing suddenly, and looked at his watch.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti ChartresAfter much reading and considering, Bemolle turned with his business frown to the impresario.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti ChartresDuring the concerts the impresario was everywhere to be seen, with his hands in his pockets and his legs wide apart.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti ChartresThe impresario from Vienna replied, asking for two hundred kronen for travelling expenses.
The Devourers | Annie Vivanti Chartres
British Dictionary definitions for impresario
/ (ˌɪmprəˈsɑːrɪˌəʊ) /
a producer or sponsor of public entertainments, esp musical or theatrical ones
the director or manager of an opera, ballet, or other performing company
Origin of impresario
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for impresario
[ (im-pruh-sahr-ee-oh, im-pruh-sair-ee-oh) ]
A sponsor or producer of entertainment, especially someone who works with opera or ballet companies or performers of classical music.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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