Impresario is an organizer, promoter, or manager of public entertainments, or any manager or director.
Impresario es un organizador, promotor o gerente de espectáculos públicos, o cualquier gerente o director.
| Front | impresario \im-pruh-SAHR-ee-oh\ |
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| Back | noun 1. An organizer, promoter, or manager of public entertainments, such as a ballet, opera, concert, or theater company. 2. Any manager or director. [From Italian impresario (one who undertakes a business), from impresa (undertaking), from Vulgar Latin imprendere (to undertake).] "Shadowing him on the trip here - visible on the margins of events, usually staying out of sight - was Mr. Bush's political impresario, Karl Rove." - David E. Sanger; Middle East Mediator: Big New Test for Bush; The New York Times; Jun 5, 2003. "Even on Broadway, few stars have crashed as spectacularly as Garth Drabinsky, the impresario behind Ragtime, theatreland's highest-grossing show." - From Riches to Ragtime; The Economist (London); Aug 15, 1998. |
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