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Arturo Toscanini
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“La Scala is the lover who made me despair the most”
Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They ask me what my secret is. My secret is very simple: it consists in having the music performed, note by note, as the author wrote it.”
Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited from Andrea Della Corte, Arturo Toscanini (Edizioni Studio Tesi, 1981), p. 171.
“[While witnessing Cantelli conduct for the first time] That's me!”
Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited from Michele Ballarini, Guido Cantelli, come una meteora (Bologna: Orchestra Filarmonica di Bologna Magazine, 2019), p. 14.
“[After hearing Marian Anderson perform] What I heard today one is privileged to hear only once in a hundred years.”
Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Everyone here is celebrating me—everyone is raving about me! […] Tonight I have my first concert. It's useless for me to say it, but you can imagine how nervous I am... I'm the eternal beginner. Perhaps the only person who doesn't hold myself in esteem...”
Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) said by 1957 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Every rehearsal is like a concert, and every concert like a debut.”
Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Cited from Howard Taubman, The Maestro, The Atlantic, 1943
“Qui finisce l'opera, perché a questo punto il maestro è morto.”
Arturo Toscanini (1867–1957) first seen 1926 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [While conducting the 1926 premiere of Puccini's unfinished Turandot] Here the opera ends, because at this point the maestro died.