stagione

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noun

A system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances.

UncommonScrabble 9

Meanings

nounstagione (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances.

    Again, for New York to have a stagione house is an interesting departure.

    2008 June 4, Anthony Tommasini, “In Charting Its Future, City Opera Chooses an Adventurous Path”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Italianstagione“season”
  2. Englishstagione

Borrowed from Italian stagione (“season”). Doublet of station.

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