
Person
Arturo Toscanini
Acting · 1897–1957 · 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
Self (archive footage)

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
Is Everybody Listening?
Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
I Am an American
Self (uncredited)

Toscanini in His Own Words
Self (archive footage)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
Conductor (self)

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Self (archive footage)

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
Conductor (self)

Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
Conductor

The Girl from Arles
Original Music Composer
Filmography
- 2025Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicSelf (archive footage)
- 2009Toscanini in His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)
- 1993The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the PastSelf (archive footage)
- 1991Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made RadioSelf - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
- 1952Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of RomeConductor (self)
- 1952Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and RossiniSelf, Conductor
- 1951Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: WagnerConductor (self)
- 1951Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, BrahmsConductor (self)
- 1949Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: AidaConductor (self)
- 1949Behind Your Radio Dial
- 1948Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, WagnerConductor (self)
- 1948Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: BrahmsConductor (self)
- 1948Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9Conductor (self)
- 1948Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: WagnerConductor (self)
- 1948Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)Conductor
- 1947Is Everybody Listening?Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
- 1944I Am an AmericanSelf (uncredited)
- 1944Hymn of the NationsHimself
- 1908The Girl from ArlesOriginal Music Composer
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