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 L'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, Handel's Messiah on the podium of the Krakow Philharmonic Orchestra, and he returned to the ROF 2024 conducting a Gala.

Upcoming appointments include his participation at the Festival MITO SettembreMusica, at the Teatro Petruzzelli, at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège for Giselle, at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo for Peter Pan and at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome for La Chauve-souris by Strauss jr./Petit.

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.

August 2024