A conductor eclectic in repertoire and attentive to the performance
practice of different styles, he has been Principal Guest Conductor of the
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano since 2016.
He has conducted in the seasons of the main Italian and international
opera houses and festivals, taking the podium of important orchestras
including the Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Russian National
Orchestra, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Monte-Carlo, the Tatarstan
National Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestras of the Teatro dell'Opera in
Rome, the Teatro Regio in Turin, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice, the
Teatro Comunale in Bologna, the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, the Teatro
Massimo in Palermo, the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.
In 2015, he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan conducting
the Sinfónica Juvenil de Caracas.
In 2017 he was chosen to conduct the Christmas concert from the Senate
Chamber of the Italian Republic, live on RAI, and the following season he
debuted at the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and at the Teatro Regio
in Turin with Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces.
In 2019 he debuted Bellini's Norma at the Croatian National Theatre in
Rijeka, Rossini's La Cenerentola and Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker at the
Teatro Massimo in Palermo. He also conducted Cimarosa's Missa pro
defunctis in the season of the Fondazione Arena di Verona.
The 2020-21 season marked his debut at the ROF with Il Viaggio a Reims and
his return to the Teatro Carlo Felice with Donizetti's Elisir d'amore and
a new production of Bernstein's Trouble in Tahiti in double bill with
Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona.
In the 2021-22 season, he was invited to the Royal Opera House in Muscat
and the Festival della Valle d'Itria, conducting the premiere of
Campogrande's Opera Italiana; he also returned to the Teatro Regio in
Turin and the Teatro Massimo in Palermo for the premiere of Tutino's opera
L'eredità dei giusti and conducted Mozart's Don Giovanni in the Tuscan
opera circuit.
Last season he returned to the Teatro Filarmonico to conduct the orchestra
of the Fondazione Arena di Verona for a Bach/Stravinsky program, debuted
at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome for the Caracalla Festival with
Prokofiev's Cinderella and returned to the Teatro Massimo in Palermo to
conduct the Requiem for the victims of the Mafia.
Among his most recent engagements, he conducted the premiere of Fabio
Vacchi's opera Jeanne Dark at the 86th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
Festival, receiving great critical acclaim, and Handel's Messiah on the
podium of the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra.
Upcoming appointments include a return to the ROF 2024, the Opéra Royal de
Wallonie in Liège for Giselle and the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome for
Strauss' Pipistrello.
Alessandro Cadario graduated with top marks in conducting from the G.
Verdi Conservatory in Milan, and perfected his skills with two diplomas of
merit at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. He also holds diplomas
in violin, choir conducting and composition.
He is passionate about astrophysics and quantum physics.
July 2024