Arturo Toscanini
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 25, 1897
- Died
- January 16, 1957 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.
Known For
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Hymn of the Nations
The Girl from Arles
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
Photos
Filmography
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Toscanini in His Own Words
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie · as Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
Movie · as Self, Conductor
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Movie · as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
Movie · as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
Movie · as Conductor (self)
Behind Your Radio Dial
Movie
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
Movie · as Conductor (self)
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
Movie · as Conductor
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
Movie · as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
Movie · as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
Movie · as Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Movie · as Conductor (self)
Is Everybody Listening?
Movie · as Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
Hymn of the Nations
Movie · as Himself
I Am an American
Movie · as Self (uncredited)