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. His output included many songs. 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, after which he retired to Italy.