[Religious celebration, Milan, Italy]

Vue générale de la Cathédrale, Milan

[Arturo Toscanini in his home, Milan, Italy]

An officer of Mussolini's army having a manicure in Milan, Italy

Seasons Gala Premiere at La Scala Opera, Milan

[Arturo Toscanini in his study, in front of a portrait of Verdi, Milan, Italy]

[Arturo Toscanini with his daughter, behind him, in his home, Milan, Italy]

[Arturo Toscanini with his daughter, behind him, in his home, Milan, Italy]

[A member of a police force and little girls dressed up, Milan, Italy]

[Arturo Toscanini with his daughter, behind him, in his home, Milan, Italy]

In Milan, a horse-drawn carriage waits for a fare near La Scala opera. In the background is the Duomo

Stage designer Nicola Benoit at La Scala backdrop of Rimsky Korsakoff's opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, Milan

[Arturo Toscanini playing piano in his home. In the library case the death masks of Beethoven (mostly obscured), Verdi, and Wagner. Milan, Italy]

[Arturo Toscanini playing piano in his home. In the library case the death masks of Beethoven (mostly obscured), Verdi, and Wagner. Milan, Italy]

[Arturo Toscanini playing piano in his home. In the library case the death masks of Beethoven (mostly obscured), Verdi, and Wagner. Milan, Italy]

[Arturo Toscanini playing piano in his home. In the library case the death masks of Beethoven (mostly obscured), Verdi, and Wagner. Milan, Italy]

[Arturo Toscanini playing piano in his home. In the library case the death masks of Beethoven (mostly obscured), Verdi, and Wagner. Milan, Italy]

Maria Callas: Prima Donna, a soprano, Miss Callas was born in New York in Dec 1923 and has sung in most of the major opera houses of the world including La Scala, Milan; Metropolitan, New York; Covent Garden, London and the State Opera House oaf Vienna