Toscanini: Legends and Myths with Ernest Liotti, Peab '80

Ernest Liotti

Lifelong Learning LogoCourse Title: Toscanini: Legends and Myths

Instructor: Ernest Liotti, Peab '80 

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January 28, 2025 - March 04, 2025  (6 Sessions)  

Tuesday,  01:00PM ET - 3:00PM ET  

Virtual via Zoom 

 

 

Course Description: Step into the world of Arturo Toscanini, the towering conductor who shaped the sound of the modern orchestra. Known for his fiery temperament and photographic memory, Toscanini dominated the orchestral scene from his shocking debut at 19 to his final bow nearly 70 years later. This series will dive deep into his legendary career, uncovering truths behind the myths—his strict adherence to the score, his anti-Fascist stance, and his pioneering recordings with orchestras like La Scala, the New York Philharmonic, and NBC’s own. Join us as we explore rare recordings, historic moments, and television footage that capture Toscanini's indelible impact on music.

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ABOUT Ernest Liotti, Peab '80
Peabody Conservatory Faculty and Alumni

Performer, educator, and lecturer Ernest Liotti pursues an active career addressing a wide range of topics including classical music, opera, great musicians of the past, film and industrial design. A member of the Conservatory faculty of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Liotti has taught a variety of classes in both the Voice and Piano departments. He was a long-standing lecturer for the Roadscholar Program at Peabody and has lectured extensively throughout the metropolitan Baltimore/Washington area. In demand as a speaker, Liotti has traveled across the United States and Europe addressing such organizations as Brandies University, Friends of Tanglewood, and Spoleto USA on subjects such as Bernstein’s music for the theatre, the operas of Giancarlo Menotti, and the career of Arturo Toscanini.

Since 2001, Liotti has been a regular lecturer for the Alumni Association of the Johns Hopkins University. In the summer of 2013, he was featured on a lecture cruise of the Baltic Sea whose principal speakers were Mikhail Gorbachev and Lech Walesa. As a performer Liotti is the founding Director of the DaCamera Singers, a sixteen voiced chamber chorus that presented not only the standard repertoire but also promoted new works by regional composers.

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Starts:
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
1:00pm EST

Ends:
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
3:00pm EST

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