Overview

The historic Toscanini television concerts with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. Broadcast #1 was of a concert on April 3, 1948, at NBC Studio 8H, featuring Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 ("Choral"). (Concerts #1 and #2 were released on "Vol. 1" in the DVD series.)

Top Cast

Arturo Toscanini

Conductor (self)

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Anne McKnight

Soprano

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Jane Hobson

Contralto

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Erwin Dillon

Tenor

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Norman Scott

Bass