Toscanini

American  

[tos-kuh-nee-nee, taws-kah-nee-nee] / ˌtɒs kəˈni ni, ˌtɔs kɑˈni ni /

noun

1. Arturo 1867–1957, Italian orchestra conductor, in the U.S. after 1928.

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Toscanini British  

/ ˌtɒskəˈniːnɪ /

noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

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

“He said to me: `You are not a Toscanini, but you have a great future,‘” she recalled, a reference to conducting great Arturo Toscanini.

From Seattle Times • May 7, 2024

“Boris Godunov” previously was conducted at La Scala by Arthur Toscanini and Claudio Abbado.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 7, 2022

The Israel Philharmonic, founded the day after Christmas in 1936 as the Palestine Symphony and first conducted by Arturo Toscanini, cannot escape history.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 10, 2022

And maybe Carole Lombard or Arturo Toscanini who played on the radio.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers