Impresario

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For the Mozart opera "The Impresario", see Der Schauspieldirektor.

Impresario (from the Italian impresa, an enterprise or undertaking[1]) is a traditional term still in use in the entertainment industry for a producer of concerts, tours and other events in music, opera, theatre[2] and even rodeo.[3] (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[4] and conference organisers,[5] who take a lead role in orchestrating events.

Jacques-Yves Cousteau said of himself that he was an impresario of scientists[6] 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.[7]

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  1. ^ Impresario: A person who organises and often finances concerts, plays or operas.
      Origin: mid 18th century, from Italian impresa, ‘undertaking.’ New Oxford American Dictionary.
      Impresa: enterprise; deed; company. Mondadori's Pocket Italian • English / English • Italian Dictionary.
  2. ^ Craig Thomas (13 July 2001). "Private Triumph.". Asia Week. http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/nations/0,8782,166488,00.html. 
  3. ^ "Broadway Rodeo". TIME magazine. 18 October 1937. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,758293,00.html. 
  4. ^ "New Impresario for the Showcase". TIME magazine. 24 November 1967. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,844168,00.html. 
  5. ^ Champion of explication through design and design conference impresario Richard Saul Wurman, 2004 AIGA Medalist.
  6. ^ Jacques-Yves Cousteau on Bartleby.com
  7. ^ Nicholas Wade (October 25, 2005). "Long-Ago Rivals Are Dual Impresarios of Darwin's Oeuvre". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/25/science/sciencespecial2/25darw.html. 

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