stagione means A system for presenting opera, whereby each production is cast separately and has a brief but intensive run of performances. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian stagione (“season”). Doublet of station.
noun
- A 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.”