Helen Francesca Traubel was an American opera and concert singer. A dramatic soprano, she was best known for her Wagnerian roles, especially those of Brünnhilde and Isolde.
Traubel in a 1945 publicity photograph for Columbia Records
Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. One of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, Toscanini was renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his
Toscanini, c. 1930s
Toscanini in 1926
Toscanini conducting the Teatro Colón Orchestra in Buenos Aires during his tour on South America, 1941