curtain raiser

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After the women opened the season on Saturday with their giant slalom on the Austrian glacier, the men battled poor visibility and welcome wintry weather in their traditional curtain raiser.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

A jam-packed opening day will feature all the teams in action, with last season's surprise package Aston Villa hosting runners-up Manchester United in the curtain raiser, which will be live on the BBC.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023

The Venice theater presents “Fam and Yam” as a curtain raiser for Harold Pinter’s more substantial and stylistically assured “The Dumb Waiter.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

Under new leadership, Paris Internationale continues to be the week’s must-attend curtain raiser for those looking for new or overlooked talent.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

It had placed Archie at a disadvantage for the first time as assigner because Rollo had only been the curtain raiser, a bit of amusement Obie had arranged to enliven the proceedings.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier