Impresario

Impresario (from the Italian impresa, an enterprise or undertaking) is a traditional term still in use in the entertainment industry for a producer of concerts, tours and other events in music, opera, theatre and even rodeo. (It is sometimes misspelled ‘impressario.’) Historically significant impresarios in the traditional sense include Rudolf Bing, Sergei Diaghilev, Richard D'Oyly Carte, Fortune Gallo, and Sol Hurok.

The term is occasionally applied to others, such as art museum curators and conference organisers, who take a lead role in orchestrating events.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau said of himself that he was an impresario of scientists as an explorer and filmmaker who worked with scientists in underwater exploration. Nicholas Wade described James D. Watson and E. O. Wilson in The New York Times as impresarios of Charles Darwin's works.

Translation

The word "Impresario" occurs as such in the following languages: English, German, French, Dutch, Norwegian (Nynorsk).

Translation(s) in other languages: Greek: Ιμπρεσάριος, Italian: Impresario teatrale.