Word: toscaninis
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...same swift, magical way that he has when he waves his baton, Arturo Toscanini last week decided the musical issue which has confronted Manhattan all autumn. A merger of the Philharmonic-Symphony and the Metropolitan Opera seemed practically assured when word came from Milan that the Maestro disapproved it. In less than 24 hours the plan was dropped...
...moving into the Metropolitan the Philharmonic would save the $75,000 rental it pays annually to Carnegie Hall. The quality of opera performances would be greatly improved if the peerless Philharmonic played in the pit and if the conductors were as expert as Bruno Walter, Otto Klemperer or Arturo Toscanini...
Five conductors will have gone to bat with the New York Philharmonic-Symphony before great Arturo Toscanini returns late in January. Otto Klemperer, Hans Lange and Werner Janssen have had their turns. Bruno Walter's begins next week. Last week's Philharmonic guest was Artur Rodzinski, popular conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra...
...Finn's approval. His gestures were no longer cramped and self-consciously sub- dued. In his ardor he ripped open his coat sleeve but no one thought of snickering. Sibelius had been presented in all his strength and clarity. Even the orchestramen who set their standards by Arturo Toscanini clapped on their instruments for young Werner Janssen...
Gatti could, if he would, have been eloquent on the subject of his career. He could have told how he and his friend Arturo Toscanini arrived at the Metropolitan 26 years ago, how between them they had given artistic and financial authority to a company rich with singers, poor in discipline. Gatti could have boasted rightfully of his business prowess. In the Opera's palmy days had he not made performances pay for themselves in addition to providing a $1,000,000 nest egg? He could have recalled many historic scenes: plump little Marcella Sembrich making her operatic farewell...