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noun, plural im·pre·sa·ri·os.
- a person who organizes or manages public entertainments, especially operas, ballets, or concerts.
- any manager, director, or the like.
noun plural -sarios
- a producer or sponsor of public entertainments, esp musical or theatrical ones
- the director or manager of an opera, ballet, or other performing company
1746, from Italian impresario “operatic manager,” literally “undertaker (of a business),” from impresa “undertaking,” fem. of impreso, past participle of imprendere “undertake,” from Vulgar Latin imprendere, from assimilated form of in- “into, in, on, onto” (see in- (2)) + prehendere “to grasp” (see prehensile).
A sponsor or producer of entertainment, especially someone who works with opera or ballet companies or performers of classical music.