impresario

Definition of impresarionext
as in director
a person who manages a performance (such as a concert or play) It was the actor's dream to work under the renowned impresario.

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Recent Examples of impresario In the industry, he was widely known as the unofficial mayor of show business, a die-hard poker player, a game night impresario and a complete original. Annabelle Gurwitch, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026 Heeding these cryptic words some three decades later, the audacious (and well-read) impresario Tony Wilson opened the Haçienda together with the circle of post-punk musicians and designers involved with his label, Factory Records. Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026 George Plimpton, impresario founder of The Paris Review, has a literary legacy that keeps on giving. Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025 Since 2013, the Teatro Real has been led by the Catalan impresario Joan Matabosch, who has a flair for balancing progressive ideas against conservative tastes while placating political overseers. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for impresario
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Noun
  • Robust vaccine schedule Erica Pan, California’s top public health officer and director of the state Department of Public Health, said the West Coast Health Alliance is defending science by recommending a more robust vaccine schedule than the federal government.
    Angela Hart, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • In fact, the director was egging me on, encouraging me to go further with the hunching and muttering.
    Andrew Martin, Vogue, 9 Mar. 2026
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  • Crude prices spiked above $110 per barrel Monday morning after several Middle East energy producers announced plans to cut output.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Crude oil surged as much as 29%, the biggest intraday move since April 2020, as more Gulf producers curbed production and Iran named the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as its new supreme leader.
    Nasteho Said, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026

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“Impresario.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impresario. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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