Stagione

Stagione (Italian for "season") is an organizational system for presenting opera, often used by large houses. Typically each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances. By contrast, companies that use a repertory system maintain a permanent company and rotate productions over many months or even years. Historically the stagione system has been preferred in Britain, the United States, and most large international operahouses.

## Sources

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* The Oxford Dictionary of Opera, by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages, ISBN 0-19-869164-5
* The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

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Opera terms by origin

English|

* Breeches role
* Chest voice
* Concert performance
* Duodrama
* Head voice
* Insertion aria
* Mad scene
* Melodrama
* Monodrama
* Number
* Opera house
* Patter song
* Prompter
* Sung-through
* Surtitles

French|

* Claque
* Coup de glotte
* Divertissement
* Encore
* Entr'acte
* Haute-contre
* Intermède
* Overture
* Répétiteur
* Roulade
* Timbre
* Tragédie en musique
* Travesti

German|

* Fach
* Gesamtkunstwerk
* Kammersänger
* Kapellmeister
* Leitmotif
* Literaturoper
* Regieoper
* Singspiel
* Sitzprobe
* Spieloper
* Sprechgesang

Italian|

* Aria
* Aria di sorbetto
* Arioso
* Banda
* Bel canto
* Bravura
* Brindisi
* Burletta
* Cabaletta
* Cadenza
* Cantabile
* Castrato
* Cavatina
* Chiaroscuro
* Coloratura
* Comprimario
* Contralto
* Convenienze
* Da capo aria
* Diva
* Falsetto
* Falsettone
* Fioritura
* Impresario
* Intermezzo
* Legato
* Libretto
* Licenza
* Maestro
* Melodramma
* Messa di voce
* Mezzo-soprano
* Musico
* Opera seria
* Ossia
* Passaggio
* Pasticcio
* Portamento
* Prima donna
* Recitative
* Ritornello
* Sinfonia
* Solita forma
* Soprano
* Soprano sfogato
* Spinto
* Squillo
* Stagione
* Stile rappresentativo
* Tenore contraltino
* Tenore di grazia
* Tessitura
* Verismo
* Vibrato

Other|

* Hovsångare

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