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How to pronounce proscenium in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms proscenium wall
Type of wall
Type Words
Synonyms apron, forestage
Type of stage

Examples of proscenium

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Richard Tucker has his bid in for a slab of the proscenium arch inscribed VERDI.
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Coleman has also made good use of the fact that the Bernstein lacks a proscenium.
From the timesunion.com
Even his decision to expand the proscenium arch with faux extensions is genius.
From the timesunion.com
It included a miniature proscenium, terraced seating and even an orchestra pit.
From the denverpost.com
The forestage, or proscenium, reproduces the old one which was rebuilt in 1909.
From the en.wikipedia.org
One of Schmid's opera productions used a giant prop camera as a moving proscenium.
From the suntimes.com
Proscenium stages range in size from small enclosures to several stories tall.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Shadows swept across the proscenium faster than the singers could take a bow.
From the kansas.com
The proscenium dazzles with a semi-curtain decorated with 90,000 tiny lights.
From the buffalonews.com
More examples
  • The part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
  • The wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater
  • A Proscenium theatre is a theatre space whose primary feature is a large frame or arch (called the proscenium arch even though it is frequently not a rounded archway at all), which is located at or near the front of the stage. ...
  • A type of stage in which the actors play opposite the audience, from which they are separated. Most high school auditoriums are prosceniums.
  • The traditional picture frame type of stage, usually with a curtain. Often abbreviated to "pros". That should really be written as it's pronounced - "pross" - but it just looks wrong to me!
  • A misunderstood term; most performers, even designers, refer to the proscenium when they actually mean the proscenium arch. ...
  • The frame through which the audience views the stage.
  • Surround to a stage or screen. It is often illuminated by concealed and colored lighting.