Giorgio Polacco

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. ^[1]

In 1915 he became the conductor of the Metropolitan Opera replacing Arturo Toscanini. ^[1] Polacco held that position until 1917. In 1918 he was hired by the Chicago Opera Association. He married Edith Mason in 1919. ^[3] They had a daughter Graziella Polacco Berlanga born on June 23rd, 1925.

In 1921 he became the conductor of the Chicago Civic Opera. In 1928 he was hospitalized with appendicitis. ^[4]

He divorced Edith Mason on July 21, 1929. ^[3] He retired from the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930.

On May 15, 1931, he remarried Edith Mason. ^[5] They divorced in 1937. ^[6]

Polacco died in Manhattan on April 30, 1960.