“An excellent guidance to orchestras thanks to the combination between his personal enthusiasm, his trustworthy precision and his clear musical commitment.”
“Stabat Mater with Cadario is a great Rossini.”
“It’s great to be together on the stage. So prepared and so musical!”
“Alessandro Cadario’s conducting is perfect.”
“It was a great pleasure to make music together and I love his energy.”
“One of the most successful young Italian conductors. Very clear gesture combined with musical intentions that become interpretation.”
“One of the most interesting conductor of the new generation.”
“For a young conductor, an open-air Don Giovanni is a severe test, which Cadario passes in the best possible way.”
“He conducts the opera with exemplary clarity, wide and always soft articulations, a beautiful sense of theatrical rhythm: taking care to support the singers.”
“On the podium Alessandro Cadario conducted with authority, doing nothing just to appear and always seeking the compactness of the sound and the fluidity of the phrasing.”
“He has a perfect conducting in the choice of tempos, sober and respectful of the Donizetti tradition”
“Alessandro Cadario conducts the Orchestra of the Teatro Regio di Torino with emotional participation and precision: he excellently conducts the many singers putting every piece in its place.”
“The musical heart of this production beats strongly thanks to Alessandro Cadario, who conducts the Orchestra of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma with great clarity.”
“The excellent Alessandro Cadario governed everything with a firm hand and scrupulous mastery”
“Alessandro Cadario supports them in an excellent way from the podium: from time to time caressing and snappy in Pergolesi, vibrant and incisive in Bernstein.”
Biography
Italian conductor Alessandro Cadario is renowned for his refined, charismatic, and eclectic musical style. His profound knowledge of performance practice and commitment to artistic excellence have established him as a highly sought-after conductor on the classical music scene. Throughout his career, he has conducted leading orchestras including the Mariinsky Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Russian National Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera italiana, Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, and the orchestras of the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Regio di Torino, Teatro La Fenice in Venice, Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Fondazione Arena di Verona.
From 2016 to 2024, he served as Principal Guest Conductor of I Pomeriggi Musicali, one of Italy’s oldest orchestras, based in Milan.
He gained widespread recognition in 2015 through his appearances at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and his highly acclaimed interpretation of Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Teatro Petruzzelli which prompted La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno to write, “With Cadario, Rossini is Great.”
2015 also marked his debut at La Scala in Milan, where he conducted the Sinfónica Juvenil de Caracas. The following year, he made his debut in China with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong, conducting Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor, K. 427.
In 2017, he conducted the Christmas Concert from the Aula of the Italian Senate, broadcast live by RAI. The following season, he made his debuts at the Mariinsky Theatre and at the Teatro Regio di Torino, where he conducted Verdi’s Quattro pezzi sacri, establishing himself as a particularly sensitive interpreter of the symphonic-choral repertoire.
In 2019, he conducted Rossini’s La Cenerentola and Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo. He also conducted Cimarosa’s Missa pro defunctisas part of the season of the Fondazione Arena di Verona.
The 2020–21 season marked his debut at the Rossini Opera Festival with Il viaggio a Reims, as well as a return to the Teatro Carlo Felice, where he conducted Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore and a new production of Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti / Pergolesi’s La serva padrona.
In the 2021–22 season, he conducted Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, he was invited to the Royal Opera House Muscat and the Festival della Valle d’Itria, where he conducted the world premiere of Campogrande’s Opera Italiana. He also returned to the Teatro Regio di Torino and the Teatro Massimo di Palermo, conducting the world premiere of Tutino’s L’eredità dei giusti.
IIIN In the 2022–23 season, he returned to the Teatro Filarmonico, conducting the Orchestra of the Arena di Verona, and made his debut at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma as part of the Caracalla Festival, conducting Prokofiev’s Cinderella. In 2024, he returned to the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, the Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, the Teatro Carlo Felice, and the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, where he conducted Handel’s Messiah.
He also appeared at the 88th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival, conducting the world premiere of Vacchi’s Jeanne Dark. His engagements that year included performances at the Rossini Opera Festival and the MITO SettembreMusica Festival, as well as returns to the Teatro Petruzzelli, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, and the Royal Opera House Muscat. He also made his debuts at Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania and at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège.
In the 2025–26 season, he made his debuts with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, and returned to the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma to conduct Strauss’s Die Fledermaus.
He graduated in Orchestra Conducting at Conservatorio G. Verdi in Milan and at Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he received two First Class Honors, with Distinction. He also completed diplomas in Violin, in Choral Conducting and in Composition.
He is passionate about astrophysics and quantum physics.
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Ancient Theater of Laodikeia_Denizli (TUR)
Concert
Orchestra and Chorus of Istanbul State Opera and Ballet
Paolo Villa, Chorus Master
Dilruba Bilgi, Soprano
Aylin Ates, Mezzosprano
Berk Dalkilic, Tenore
Burak Bilgili, Basso
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
L. van Beethoven, Symphony n°9
Church of Santa Maria dei Servi_Padova (IT)
In Principio 2026
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Éléonore Meense, Soprano
Fleur Strijbos, Soprano
Cécile Madelin, Mezzosoprano
Esther Yang, Violin
Dilshod Narzillaev, Cello
Léo Ispir, Cello
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Trumpet
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
A. Vivaldi, Sinfonia al Santo Sepolcro RV 169
A. Vivaldi, Concerto per due violoncelli in Sol minore, RV 531
G. P. Telemann, Concert in D, TWV 53
A. Vivaldi, Arias: Laudamus te, Domine Deaus, Qui sedes ad adexeteram from Gloria in D Major, RV 589
J. Haydn, Symphony n. 84 “In nomine domini”
in collaboration with Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Scuola Grande San Rocco_Venezia (IT)
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Colsper Coro Lirico Sinfonico
Éléonore Meense, Soprano
Fleur Strijbos, Soprano
Cécile Madelin, Mezzosoprano
Esther Yang, Violin
Dilshod Narzillaev, Cello
Léo Ispir, Cello
Lucienne Renaudin Vary, Trumpet
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
A. Vivaldi, Concerto per due violoncelli in Sol minore, RV 531
G. P. Telemann, Concert in D, TWV 53
W. A. Mozart, Te Deum laudamus K 141/ 66B
A. Vivaldi, Gloria in D Major, RV 589
in collaboration with Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma_Roma (IT)
Opera Season 25/26
Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Cecilia Ligorio, Stage director
Gregorio Zurla, Sets
Vera Pierantoni Giua, Costumes
Fabio Barettin, Lights
Annunziata Vestri, La barista
Maria Grazia Schiavo, Rosinella, la figlia di Chiarcaro
Omar Montanari, L’uomo dal fiore in bocca
Blagoj Nacoski, Avventore / Giudice 1
Marcello Nardis, Giudice 2 / Giovane innamorato
Roberto Abbondanza, Giudice 3
Federico Longhi, Giudice D’Andrea
Andrea Concetti, Chiarcaro
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
M. D’Amico, La Vita Nuda (World Premiere)
Teatro Petruzzelli_Bari (IT)
Symphonic Season 2026
Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli
Mikhail Pletnev, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
I. Stravinskij, Pulcinella, Concert Suite
L. Berio, Rendering, su frammenti della Sinfonia n. 10 di Franz Schubert [1989]
S. Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto n. 2, op. 18
Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège_Liège (BE)
Opera Season 26/27
Orchestra e Coro dell’ Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège
Denis Segond, Chorus Master
Marta Eguilior, Stage director and Sets
Betitxe Saitua, Costumes
Ricardo Barrul Martín, Coreography
David Alcorta, Lights
Elvira Ruiz Zurita, Video
Filipe Manu, Jamal
Claire de Monteil, Mary
Ivan Thirion, Capitan Jones
Krešimir Špicer, Willy
Patrick Bolleire, Mr Gray
Julie Bailly , Mrs Gray, Mrs Penningbroke
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
A. Battistoni, Zombie Opéra (World Premiere)
Cattedrale delle Officine_Bellinzona (CH)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Coro Calicantus
Mario Fontana, Chorus Master
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Faurè, Pavane, Op. 50
G. Faurè, Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11
G. Faurè, Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80
Teatro Dal Verme_Milano (IT)
82nd Symphonic Season
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali di Milano
Valentina Gabrieli, Loris Bonetti, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
W. A. Mozart, Ouverture from Le nozze di Figaro
C. Czerny, Concerto for Piano four-hands
W. A. Mozart, Symphony n. 38 in D K 504 “Praga”
Teatro Sociale_Rovigo (IT)
Opera Season 2026/27
Orchestra regionale Filarmonia Veneta
Coro Lirico Veneto
Alberto Pelosin, Chorus Master
Ivan Stefanutti, Stage director, Sets, Costumes and Lights
Marily Santoro, Aida
Vincenzo Costanzo, Radamès
Martina Belli, Amneris
Alexander Duhamel, Amonastro
Antonio Di Matteo, Ramfis
Andrea Pellegrini, Il Faraone
Rossella Vingiani, Una sacerdotessa
Sanlin Wang, Un messaggero
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Verdi, Aida (New Production)
Teatro del Giglio_Lucca (IT)
Opera Season 2026/27
Orchestra regionale Filarmonia Veneta
Coro Lirico Veneto
Alberto Pelosin, Chorus Master
Ivan Stefanutti, Stage director, Sets, Costumes and Lights
Marily Santoro, Aida
Vincenzo Costanzo, Radamès
Martina Belli, Amneris
Alexander Duhamel, Amonastro
Antonio Di Matteo, Ramfis
Andrea Pellegrini, Il Faraone
Rossella Vingiani, Una sacerdotessa
Sanlin Wang, Un messaggero
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Verdi, Aida (New Production)
Teatro di Pisa_Pisa (IT)
Opera Season 2026/27
Orchestra regionale Filarmonia Veneta
Coro Lirico Veneto
Alberto Pelosin, Chorus Master
Ivan Stefanutti, Stage director, Sets, Costumes and Lights
Marily Santoro, Aida
Vincenzo Costanzo, Radamès
Martina Belli, Amneris
Alexander Duhamel, Amonastro
Antonio Di Matteo, Ramfis
Andrea Pellegrini, Il Faraone
Rossella Vingiani, Una sacerdotessa
Sanlin Wang, Un messaggero
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Verdi, Aida (New Production)
Auditorium di Milano Fondazione Cariplo_Milano (IT)
Symphonic Season 2026/27
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro Sinfonico di Milano
Massimo Fiocchi Malaspina, Chorus Master
Alessia Panza, Soprano
Caterina Piva, Mezzosoprano
Antonino Siragusa, Tenore
Roberto Lorenzi, Basso
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Rossini, Petite messe solennelle
Teatro Verdi di Trieste_Trieste (IT)
Opera Season 2026/2027
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Paolo Longo, Chorus Master
I Piccoli Cantori della Città di Trieste
Cristina Semeraro, Children Chorus Master
Paolo Vlerio, Stage Director
Ivano Coviello, Sets
Federica Luna Vincenti, Jeanne
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
A. Honneger, Jeanne d’Arc au bucher(New Production)
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Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Verdi di Trieste
Paolo Longo, Chorus Master
Paolo Vlerio, Stage Director
Ivano Coviello, Sets
Alexia Voulgaridou, Jeanne
Olha Smokolina, Agnese
Antonino Siragusa, Stalliere
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
F. Vacchi, Jeanne Dark (New Production)
Video
Johannes Brahms
Symphony 2 – Tchaikovsky Concert Hall – RNO
Gioachino Rossini
Sinfonia from L’Italiana in Algeri – Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Gioachino Rossini
Fra dolci e cari palpiti – Il Viaggio a Reims – Rossini Opera Festival
Johann Strauss / Giuseppe Verdi
Maskenball-Quadrille Op. 272, Sinfonia da Nabucco – Italian Senate
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony n°5, op. 67 – Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Richard Wagner
Siegfried Idyll – Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova
Press
“Stabat Mater” con Cadario è un gran Rossini
La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
Review by Nicola Sbisà
Intervista a “Miracolo Italiano”
Pomeriggi Musicali, Radio 2.
With Fabio Canino e La Laura
Intervista ad Alessandro Cadario
Rivista Musica, ottobre 2016.
Article edited by Ettore Napoli.
Speciale Rai5, Concerto
Orchestra Filarmonica Arturo Toscanini.
Conductor, Alessandro Cadario
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