Ottorino —, Italian composer of operas Maria Egiziaca and Semirama (8)
I believe the answer is:
respighi
(Other definitions for respighi that I've seen before include "Irish peg, oddly, for the Italian composer" , "Italian composer of symphonic poems, d. 1936 - hire pigs (anag)" , "he scored!" , "Ottorino -, Ital. composer (The Pines of Rome)" , "Italian composer (The Pines of Rome)" .)