impresario
Theater production manager
An impresario is a person who organizes and promotes entertainment events, especially opera, concerts, or theater productions.
The term suggests someone with flair and business savvy who manages performers and productions: The legendary impresario brought European opera stars to American audiences.
It can extend to anyone who orchestrates ambitious projects with showmanship.
One who makes things
- promoterOne who organizes events
- managerOne who directs others
- showmanDramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- presenterOne who delivers content
organizer · booking · venue · talent · performance · spectacle · staging · production
Dominant industrial leader
- magnateWealthy business leader
- baronLow-ranking peer
- showmanDramatic, attention-grabbing performer
- dealmakerOne who negotiates agreements
kingmaker · powerbroker · Barnum · empire · dynasty · brand · venture · negotiation
One who gives aid
- sponsorFunder of activities
- backerFinancial supporter
- financierManager of substantial funds
- philanthropistDonor to charitable causes
angel · underwriter · supporter · patronage · commission · endowment · funding · grant
Highest female voice range
- tenorEssential meaning or import
- divaCelebrated female vocalist
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- librettoOpera's written words
overture · baritone · operetta · repertoire · company · season · debut · engagement
Supremely accomplished performer
- luminaryInspiring figure or celestial body
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
- titanDominant figure in field
legend · icon · star-maker · tastemaker · curator · arbiter · connoisseur · mentor
producer
One who makes things
- promoterOne who organizes events
- managerOne who directs others
- showmanDramatic, attention-grabbing performer
presenter · organizer · booking · venue · talent · performance · spectacle · staging · production · theatrical
tycoon
Dominant industrial leader
dealmaker · kingmaker · powerbroker · Barnum · empire · dynasty · brand · venture · negotiation · contract
benefactor
One who gives aid
philanthropist · angel · underwriter · supporter · patronage · commission · endowment · funding · grant · subsidy
soprano
Highest female voice range
libretto · overture · baritone · operetta · repertoire · company · season · debut · engagement · conservatory
virtuoso
Supremely accomplished performer
- luminaryInspiring figure or celestial body
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
- geniusPerson of rare brilliance
titan · legend · icon · star-maker · tastemaker · curator · arbiter · connoisseur · mentor · champion
- theater termsplay, actors, stage play, limelight, directing
- theatreBroadway, acting, theatre, stage, actor
- producersproducer, manufacturer, maker, fabricator, factory
- theater peopleactors, actor, directors, actresses, actress
- promoterspromoter, music promoter, concert promoter, party promoter, club promoter
- vaudevillevaudeville, variety show, variety act, music hall, headliner
impresarioperformer
One who entertains audiences
artist · entertainer · actor · musician · singer
impresarioemployee
Hired organizational member
hired hand · spectator · theatergoer · concertgoer · worker
impresariostar
Luminous astronomical object
celebrity · headliner · marquee name · household name · front man