About Giorgio Polacco
Lived 1875 – 1960 (aged 85). Giorgio Polacco was an Italian and American conductor and musician.
Giorgio Polacco (April 12, 1875 - April 30, 1960) was the conductor of the Metropolitan Opera from 1915 to 1917 and the Chicago Civic Opera from 1921 to 1930.
Biography He was born in Venice, Italy on April 12, 1875. He studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia and then in Milan and St Petersburg.
He divorced Edith Mason on July 21, 1929. He retired from the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930.
On May 15, 1931, he remarried Edith Mason. They divorced in 1937.
Polacco died in Manhattan on April 30, 1960.
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Italian conductor (1875–1960)
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Giorgio Polacco was born on 12 April 1875 in Venice.
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Giorgio Polacco died on 30 April 1960 in New York City.
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