Toscanini
Americannoun
noun
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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
“So the line — Verdi, Toscanini, Votto and myself. It is a sort of connection,” Muti said.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 28, 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
She was sure the Señora would rather find upon her return a parrot, however bald, than Toscanini with yards of straight black hair.
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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