Plot Summary:This is a documentary on the career of the great maestro (perhaps intended as a rebuttal to the controversial book "Understanding Toscanini", which was being written at the same time that the documentary first aired. PBS aired it in 1988, a year after the book hit the stores.). The documentary features clips from several of Toscanini's television appearances, as well as from his only film appearance in 1943. It also includes rare color home movie footage of not only Toscanini, but Salzburg in the 1930's during the Salzburg festival, as well as interviews with some of the surviving musicians, singers, and recording technicians who worked with him.
关于指挥大师托斯卡尼尼的传记影片,在美国公共电视台播出后,备受赞誉。该片资料丰富,涵盖三十年代到五十年代,托斯卡尼尼珍贵的演出录像,更有大都会歌剧院指挥詹姆斯·列文亲自主持解说。由美国知名音乐纪录片导演彼得·罗森执导。