Pietro Cimara

Pietro Cimara was an Italian composer, conductor and pianist.

Biography

He was born on 10 November 1887 in Rome.
He was a student of Respighi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome. His output included many songs. He was published by Francesco Bongiovanni of Bologna.
He came a United States citizen on January 22, 1946.
From 1950 to 1957 he was conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, where he had a stroke on January 13, 1958, while conducting La Forza del Destino. After which he retired to Italy.
He died on 1 October 1967 in Milan.