The curtain was about to go up on the opera "Aida," and the conductor had| failed to show up. Frantically the I manager picked a fellow from the orchestra and told him to go to it as, best he could. The musician had never wielded a baton in his life before; but to-night he handled it like an old-timer— and directed the entire score from memory. The substitute conductor's name was Arturo Toscanini.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 190, 14 August 1939, Page 5
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