Arturo Toscanini
Acting
Born March 25, 1897 · Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Arturo Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54), and this led to his becoming a household name (especially in the United States) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire.
Films (18)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Toscanini in His Own Words
2009
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
1993
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
1991
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
1949
Behind Your Radio Dial
1949
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
1948
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
1948
Is Everybody Listening?
1947
I Am an American
1944
Hymn of the Nations
1944