BY: MARIELLA RADAELLI
Arturo Toscanini’s boisterous humanity comes alive throughout a new biography by eminent music historian Harvey Sachs. To mark the 150th anniversary of the legendary conductor’s birth, “Toscanini - Musician of Conscience” will come out next spring from Liveright Publishing Corp., a division of W.W. Norton & Co.
The monumental biography presents the man as he was — certainly generous, courageous and principled. He tended to have “boundless generosity towards other people and musical and charitable organizations that he believed needed assistance, and in his love for his family, for Italy, and for human freedom”. But he also had major character flaws. Besides his fierce, explosive temper, he was excessively harsh towards some musicians, and equivalent of a rock star today, he had many extramarital encounters.
SOURCE: http://www.italoamericano.org
For the first time ever, The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, in collaboration with the O...
Hoboken’s favorite son, Frank Sinatra, continues to evoke images of the good life nearly 1...
The Mattatuck Museum (144 West Main St. Waterbury, CT 06702) is pleased to celebrate...
For the final performance of his spring solo tour, Italian classical guitarist Roberto Fab...
Saturday, february 28 - 7 pm ESTChrist & Saint Stephen's Church - 120 W 69th St,...
Summer saw the passing of two of opera's most iconic figures: Licia Albanese, at the age o...
Il mondo di Luciano Pavarotti e la sua grande carriera di cantante lirico rivivranno il 23...
By Richard Hutton While he has carved out quite a nice career for himself as an a...