Letter to Arturo Toscanini from Bruno Walter - NYPL Digital Collections
Toscanini was a fervent anti-Fascist who famously refused to play the Fascist anthem "Giovinezza" or perform in Nazi Germany.
: He publically opposed Hitler and boycotted the Salzburg Festival after the 1938 annexation of Austria.
: He conducted the first-ever performances of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Puccini's La Bohème , The Girl of the Golden West , and Turandot .
Letter to Arturo Toscanini from Bruno Walter - NYPL Digital Collections
Toscanini was a fervent anti-Fascist who famously refused to play the Fascist anthem "Giovinezza" or perform in Nazi Germany.
: He publically opposed Hitler and boycotted the Salzburg Festival after the 1938 annexation of Austria.
: He conducted the first-ever performances of Leoncavallo's Pagliacci and Puccini's La Bohème , The Girl of the Golden West , and Turandot .