Toscanini
Americannoun
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Arturo 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.
noun
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Arturo (arˈtuːro). 1867–1957, Italian conductor; musical director of La Scala, Milan, and of the NBC symphony orchestra (1937–57) in New York
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When the 23-year-old Solti found himself conducting opera rehearsals from the piano at the Salzburg Festival in 1936, the great Italian conductor Arturo Toscanini approached.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
After World War II, Toscanini quickly rehired choral director Vittore Veneziani, who was forced out of his job by Italy’s antisemitic racial laws in 1938.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2023
Thielemann insists dour-faced, shouters like Arturo Toscanini and Fritz Reiner are long gone from podiums, that the fictional conductor portrayed by Cate Blanchett in the Oscar-nominated “Tár” could not exist in the 21st century.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 3, 2023
When he arrives in New York in 2026, he’ll oversee an ensemble associated with famous maestros like Leonard Bernstein and Arturo Toscanini.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023
And maybe Carole Lombard or Arturo Toscanini who played on the radio.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
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