Acting
Community Rating
6.5
TMDB estimate
Born
March 25, 1897
Died
January 16, 1957 (age 59)
Born in
Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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.

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
as Self (archive footage)
2025

Toscanini in His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2009

The Art of Conducting: Great Conductors of the Past
as Self (archive footage)
1993

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio
as Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
1991

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 9: Beethoven: Symphony No. 5/Respighi: The Pines of Rome
as Conductor (self)
1952

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 8: Franck, Sibelius, Debussy and Rossini
as Self, Conductor
1952

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 7: Wagner
as Conductor (self)
1951

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 6: Weber, Brahms
as Conductor (self)
1951

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 5: Verdi: Aida
as Conductor (self)
1949

Behind Your Radio Dial
1949

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. 2: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
as Conductor (self)
1948

Toscanini: The Television Concerts, Vol. 1: Wagner
as Conductor (self)
1948

Toscanini Volume Three The Television Concerts (1948-52)
as Conductor
1948
Is Everybody Listening?
as Arturo Toscanini - Orchestra Conductor
1947
I Am an American
as Self (uncredited)
1944

Hymn of the Nations
as Himself
1944

The Girl from Arles
as Original Music Composer
1908