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
As Dudamel looked on, she scrolled through a digital display of the Philharmonic’s past music directors — Toscanini, Mahler, Pierre Boulez, Bernstein — comparing the length of their tenures.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2023
“They do? Toscanini has made one walk in all his life—from shop to here.”
From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord
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