Pietro Cimara

Pietro Cimara (1887 in Rome – 1967 in Milan) was an Italian composer, conductor and pianist. He was a student of Respighi at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.[1] His output included many songs.[2] He was published by Francesco Bongiovanni of Bologna. From 1950-1957 he was conductor at the Metropolitan Opera, where he had a stroke in 1957 while conducting La Forza del Destino,[3] after which he retired to Italy.[4]

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  1. ↑ Song: a guide to style and literature Carol Kimball - 2000 Pietro Cimara (1887-1967) "Pietro Cimara, Italian conductor and composer, was born in Rome in 1887 and died in Milan in 1967. He was educated at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where he was a student of Respighi."
  2. ↑ http://www.lieder.net/lieder/c/cimara.html
  3. ↑ Metropolitan Opera News 1957 p38 "Pietro Cimara, conductor at the Metropolitan for over twenty-five years, was stricken with a heart attack while "
  4. ↑ The Metropolitan Opera, 1883-1966: a candid history Irving Kolodin - 1966 After hospitalization, Cimara retired to Italy.

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