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

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

Opera terms by origin

English	Breeches role Chest voice Concert version Head voice Mad scene Opera house Prompter Surtitles

French	Claque Coup de glotte Divertissement Entr'acte Melodrama Répétiteur Timbre

German	Fach Gesamtkunstwerk Kammersänger Leitmotif Literaturoper Regietheater Sitzprobe Sprechgesang

Italian	Aria Aria di sorbetto Arioso Banda Bel canto Burletta Cabaletta Cadenza Cantabile Castrato Cavatina Coloratura Comprimario Convenienze Da capo aria Diva Falsetto Falsettone Fioritura Intermezzo Legato Libretto Maestro Melodramma Messa di voce Musico Opera seria Passaggio Portamento Prima donna Recitative Ritornello Solita forma Spinto Squillo Stagione Stile rappresentativo Tessitura Verismo Vibrato

Other	Duodrama Hovsångare Insertion aria Monodrama Overture Travesti

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