Arturo Toscanini
Actor
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
Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage) 1991
Hymn of the Nations
as Himself 1944
I Am an American
as Self (uncredited) 1944
Is Everybody Listening?
as Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor 1947
The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self (archive footage) 1993
Behind Your Radio Dial
1949
Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
as Conductor 1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
as Self, Conductor 1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
as Conductor (self) 1952
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 4: Mozart, Dvorak, Wagner
as Conductor (self) 1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 3: Brahms
as Conductor (self) 1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
as Conductor (self) 1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
as Conductor (self) 1948
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
as Conductor (self) 1949
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
as Conductor (self) 1951
Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
as Conductor (self) 1951