Arturo Toscanini
Acting • Born 1897-03-25 – Died 1957-01-16
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 credits
Is Everybody Listening?
Movie • 1947
Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
Behind Your Radio Dial
Movie • 1949
Hymn of the Nations
Movie • 1944
Himself
I Am an American
Movie • 1944
Self (uncredited)
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
Movie • 1948
Conductor
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
Movie • 1952
Self, Conductor
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Movie • 1952
Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
Movie • 1948
Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
Movie • 1948
Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
Movie • 1948
Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Movie • 1948
Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
Movie • 1949
Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
Movie • 1951
Conductor (self)
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
Movie • 1951
Conductor (self)
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
Movie • 1991
Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
Toscanini in His Own Words
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)