Gladys Swarthout(1897-1969)

Sang the soprano role in Arturo Toscanini's 1947 radio broadcast of Hector Berlioz's "dramatic symphony", "Romeo et Juliette". Excerpts from this performance were released on records during Toscanini's lifetime and for years afterward; the complete performance finally appeared on CD in the 1990s. Toscanini was one of the few conductors who played this work during the early to mid-twentieth century. Today there are several full-length recordings of it.