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Arturo Toscanini

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1897-03-25

Day of Death

1957-01-16

Place of Birth

Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Arturo Toscanini

Biography

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.

Filmography (18)

⭐ 7.8 Role: Self (archive footage)

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Toscanini in His Own Words

2009
⭐ 9.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past

1993
⭐ 7.6 Role: Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

1991
⭐ 9.0 Role: Conductor (self)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome

1952
⭐ 8.0 Role: Self, Conductor

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini

1952
⭐ 9.0 Role: Conductor (self)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner

1951
⭐ 0 Role: Conductor (self)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms

1951
⭐ 9.0 Role: Conductor (self)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida

1949
⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

Behind Your Radio Dial

1949
⭐ 8.0 Role: Conductor (self)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner

1948
⭐ 0 Role: Conductor (self)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms

1948
⭐ 10.0 Role: Conductor (self)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

1948
⭐ 10.0 Role: Conductor (self)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner

1948
⭐ 0 Role: Conductor

Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)

1948