''Stagione'' (
Italian
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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
A repertory theatre is a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation.
United Kingdom
Annie Horniman founded the first modern repertory theatre in Manchester after withdrawin ...
'' 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
*''The Oxford Dictionary of Opera'', by John Warrack and Ewan West (1992), 782 pages,
*''The
New Grove Dictionary of Opera'', ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992)
Italian opera terminology
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