''Stagione'' (

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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 ''

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'' 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 {{opera-stub