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Impresario Manager Im Pruh Sahr Ee Oh Noun Organizer Promoter Public Entertainments

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\
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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