“An excellent guidance to orchestras thanks to the combination between his personal enthusiasm, his trustworthy precision and his clear musical commitment.”

Gustavo Dudamel

“Stabat Mater with Cadario is a great Rossini.”

La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno

“It’s great to be together on the stage. So prepared and so musical!”

Katia & Marielle Labèque

“Alessandro Cadario’s conducting is perfect.”

L' Avvenire

“It was a great pleasure to make music together and I love his energy.”

Gautier Capuçon

“One of the most successful young Italian conductors. Very clear gesture combined with musical intentions that become interpretation.”

Le Salon Musical

“One of the most interesting conductor of the new generation.”

Il Giornale

“He conducts the opera with exemplary clarity, wide and always soft articulations, a beautiful sense of theatrical rhythm: taking care to support the singers.”

Conessi all'opera

“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.”

Il giornale della musica

“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.”

Rivista Musica

“He has a perfect conducting in the choice of tempos, sober and respectful of the Donizetti tradition”

Opera Libera

“The excellent Alessandro Cadario governed everything with a firm hand and scrupulous mastery”

Il corriere musicale

“Alessandro Cadario’s concertation is convincing: the articulation is clear and controlled, the softness is not lacking in spirit, avoiding external frenzies in favor of a beautiful dynamic balance.”

Ape Musicale

“He conducts with mastery and brilliance, his conducting is agile, deeply dense in terms of dynamic and agogic refinements.”

OperaClick

“In the pit Alessandro Cadario does not show any disorientation in front of two such different titles and conducts the Carlo Felice Orchestra with profound sense of the style.”

Ape Musicale

“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.”

Connessi all'opera

Biography

Alessandro Cadario since 2016 holds the position of Principal Guest Conductor of I Pomeriggi Musicali – one of the oldest Italian symphonic orchestras, based in Milan. Widely appreciated as a refined and expressive conductor, Cadario brings a highly charismatic, profound and determined leading in his musical direction. An eclectic musician, his interpretations of the symphonic and operatic repertoire are always attentive to the performance practices of different styles.

Over the course of his career, he conducted renowned orchestras such as Mariinsky Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Russian National Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra Filarmonica della Fenice, Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Palermo.

He gained public recognition in 2015 by conducting at Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, and for the highly acclaimed interpretation of Rossini’s Stabat Mater at Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari (“With Cadario, Rossini is Great” La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno).

The year 2015 also marked his debut at La Scala in Milan, conducting the Sinfónica Juvenil de Caracas, followed in 2016 by a debut in China with the City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong for Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor K.427.

In 2017, he was chosen to conduct the Christmas concert from the Aula of the Italian Senate, broadcast live by RAI. The following season, he made his debut at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg and at the Teatro Regio di Torino with Verdi’s Quattro pezzi sacri, establishing himself as a sensitive conductor of the symphonic-choral repertoire.

In 2019 he leaded Norma by Bellini at the Croatian National Theatre of Rijeka, La Cenerentola by Rossini and The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky at Teatro Massimo of Palermo. He also conducted Cimarosa’s Missa pro defunctis during 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 and a return to the Teatro Carlo Felice with Donizetti’s Elisir d’amore and a new production of Bernstein’s Trouble in Tahiti in a 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 world premiere of Opera Italiana by Campogrande. He also returned to the Teatro Regio di Torino and the Teatro Massimo di Palermo for the world premiere of Tutino’s opera L’eredità dei giusti, for the Requiem for the victims of the mafia, and conducted Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

In the past season he returned at Teatro Filarmonico conducting the Orchestra of Arena di Verona, he made his debut at Rome Opera Theatre in the frame of Caracalla Festival conducting Prokofiev’s Cinderella and he returned at Teatro Massimo di Palermo.

He has recently returned in the season of Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra, Montenegrin Symphony Orchestra, Teatro Carlo Felice, Krakow Philarmonic Orchestra for the Handel’s Messiah and at the 88th Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Festival for the world premiere of Jeanne Dark by Vacchi. He also conducted in this edition of Rossini Opera Festival, MITO SettembreMusica Festival and debuted at Teatro Bellini di Catania.

His upcoming engagements include a return to Teatro Petruzzelli, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège for Giselle, at the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma for Strauss’s Die Fledermaus, and at the Teatro Filarmonico for Le Villi by Puccini as well as a debut with the Zagreb Philharmonic.

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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Teatro Regio_Torino (IT)

Friday 5 July 2024, h 9.00 pm

Musica a Regio aperto

Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

L. v. Beethoven, Symphony N°1
F. Mendelssohn, Symphony N°3 “Scottish”

Teatro Rossini_Pesaro (IT)

Sunday 18 August 2024, h 15.30 pm

Rossini Opera Festival

Filarmonica Gioachino Rossini
Gregory Kunde, Tenor
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

G. Rossini, Sinfonia from La Gazza Ladra
G. Rossini, Asile, héréditaire from Guillaume Tell
L. Bernstein, Overture from Candide
L. Bernstein, Maria from West Side Story
B. Howard, Fly Me to the Moon *
M. Le Grande, How Do You Keep the Music Playing? *
G. Marks & S. Simons, All of Me *
V. Young, When I Fall in Love/All the Way *
J. Myrow/M. Gordon, You Make Me Feel So Young *

(Orchestral version by John G. Smith)

Teatro Giardino Zuckermann_Padova (IT)

Wednesday 28 August 2024, h 9.00 pm
Thursday 29 August, h 9.00 pm – Teatro Sociale of Cittadella (PD)

Ludwig Van: il ritorno!

Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

L. v. Beethoven, Symphony n. 1, op.21
L. v. Beethoven, Symphony n. 5, op. 67

Teatro Dal Verme _Milano (IT)

Thursday 12 September 2024, h 8.00 pm

MITO SettembreMusica

Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Anna Tifu, Violin
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

R. Vacca, P24-5 Photo Frames for Orchestra
Il toscano (The Cigar)
La barca (The Boat)
La spingarda (The Punt Gun)
La macchina (The Car)
Le donne (Women)

Commissioned by MITO SettembreMusica, World Premiere

E. W. Korngold, Concert in D for Violin and Orchestra

Villa Bellini _Catania (IT)

Thursday 19 September 2024, h 8.00 pm

Bellini, Donizetti, Puccini and Wagner

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Massimo Bellini di Catania
Jessica Pratt, Soprano
Francesco Demuro, Tenor
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

V. Bellini, from Norma Sinfonia
V. Bellini, from I Puritani “A te o cara”
V. Bellini, from La Sonnambula “Oh se una volta sola”
R. Wagner, from I Maestri Cantori di Norimberga, Third Act Prelude
R. Wagner, from I Maestri Cantori di Norimberga, Choir “Wach auf, es nahet gen den tag”

G. Donizetti, from Lucia di Lammermoor Recitativo aria and cabaletta finale with choir
G. Donizetti, from Don Pasquale Sinfonia
V. Bellini, from I Puritani “O rendetemi la speme”
G. Puccini, from Le Villi Intermezzo
G. Puccini, from La Bohème “Che gelida manina”
G. Puccini, from La Bohème “Si. Mi chiamano Mimì”

Teatro Petruzzelli_Bari (IT)

Wednesday 25 September 2024, h 8.30 pm

Tempo di cambiare musica

Orchestra del Teatro Petruzzelli
Maddalena Crippa, Actress
Marina Comparato, Mezzosoprano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

M. D’Amico, Il Buio non ha voce

Quattro storie dell’Antico Testamento, for actress, mezzosoprano and orchestra
Text by Rosella Postorino

World Premiere

Teatro Massimo_Palermo (IT)

Saturday 5 October 2024, h 8.00 pm
Sunday 6 October 2024, h 6.30 pm

Season 2023-24

Orchestra del Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Sasha Riva e Simone Repele, Choreography and scenes
Mario Celentano, Costumes
Alessandro Caso, Lights
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

F. Mendelssohn, Ouverture Meeresstille und glückliche Fahrt
F. Mendelssohn, Ouverture Ruy Blas
F. Mendelssohn, A Midsummer Night’s Dream Op.61

Teatro delle Muse_Ancona (IT)

Thursday 10 October 2024, h 7.30 pm

Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana
Antonella Granata, Soprano
Giuseppe De Luca, Bariton
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

G. B. Pergolesi, Sinfonia from Adriano in Siria
G. Spontini, Sinfonia from La Vestale
G. Spontini, “O des infortunés déesse tutelaire” from La Vestale
G. Rossini, Sinfonia from Guillaume Tell
G. Rossini, Pas de six from Guillaume Tell
G. Rossini, Largo al Factotum from il Barbiere di Siviglia
G. Rossini, Sinfonia from il Barbiere di Siviglia

Ridotto del Teatro Comunale_L’Aquila (IT)

Wednesday 23 October 2024, h 6.00 pm

Musica per la città 2024-25

I Solisti Aquilani
Daniele Orlando, Violin
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

A. Roussel, Sinfonietta op.52
S. Reich, Duet
C. Magnan, Nubi (world première)
***
C. Saint-Saens, Introduction et Rondò capriccioso (Arranged by A. Cadario)
M. Ravel, Cinq Mèlodies Populaires Greques (Arranged by A. Cadario)
N. Skalkottas, 5 Greek Dances

Duomo_S. Vito (IT)

Sunday 3 November 2024, h 4.00 pm

Faurè’s Requiem

Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia
Anna Molaro, Chorus Master
Coro di voci bianche Artemia
Denis Monte, Chorus Master
Mauro Borgioni, Bariton
Delia Stabile, Soprano
Paola Gregoric, Harp
Accademia d’archi Arrigoni
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

A. Roussel, Sinfonietta op.52
C. Debussy, Danse sacrée et danse profane
M. Ravel, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques (Arranged by A. Cadario)

***

G. Faurè, Requiem

Opera Royal de Wallonie Liège _Liège (BE)

Thursday 14 November 2024, h 8.00 pm
Friday 15 November 2024, h 8.00 pm
Saturday 16 November 2024, h 3.00 pm and h 8.00 pm
Sunday 17 November 2024, h 3.00 pm

Opera and Ballet Season

Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Orchestra
Carla Fracci, Choreography
Anna Anni, Set e costumes
Jean-Michel Désiré, Lights
Roma Opera Ballet
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

A. Adam, Giselle

Kursaal _Merano (IT)

Thursday 28 November 2024, h 8.00 pm

50th Festival of Contemporay Music

Orchestra Haydn di Trento e Bolzano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

Helga Plankensteiner, Fifty Fifty Stomp – world première
Mathias Schmidhammer, Ha-Ha-Haydn – world première
Hubert Stuppner, Alpen-Folk Suite – world première
Dmitri Schostakowitsch, Ballet Suite n. 1

Royal Opera House _Muscat (OMAN)

Friday 6 December 2024, h 7.00 pm

Season 2024-25

Orchestra Arcangelo Corelli
Nikolai Kuznetnesov, Piano
Aristo Sham, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

S. Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No.3
***
P. Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No.1

Teatro dell’Opera_Roma (IT)

Tuesday 31 December 2024, h 7.00 pm
Thursday 2 January 2025, h 8.00 pm
Friday 3 January 2025, h 8.00 pm
Saturday 4 January 2025, h 3.00 pm and h 8.00 pm
Sunday 5 January 2025, h 4.30 pm

Season 2024-25

Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Alessandro Cadario, Direttore
Roland Petit, Choreography
Jean-Michel Wilmotte, Set
Luisa Spinatelli, Costumes
Jean-Michel Désiré, Lights

Soloists
Rebecca Bianchi
Federica Maine
Alessio Rezza
Claudio Cocino
Michele Satriano

J. Strauss Jr., Il pipistrello

Teatro Dal Verme _Milano (IT)

Thursday 13 February 2025, h 8.00 pm
Saturday 15 February 2025, h 5.00 pm

80th Symphonic season

Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Roman Simovic, Violin
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

L. v. Beethoven, Egmont Ouverture op. 84
W. A. Mozart, Symophony n. 25 K183
M. Reger, Concerto for violin and orchestra op. 101

Teatro Dal Verme _Milano (IT)

Thursday 27 February 2025, h 8.00 pm
Saturday 1 March 2025, h 5.00 pm

80th Symphonic Season

Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Antonio Alessandri, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

F. Antonioni, Bouquet (World Premiere)
R. Strauss, Burlesca for Piano and Orchestra
M. Reger, Variations on a theme by Mozart op. 132

Lisinski Hall_Zagabria (HR)

Friday 7 March 2024, h 7.30 pm

Symphonic season 2024-25

Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Deren Wang, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

M. Ravel, Concerto for piano and orchestra in G
M. Ravel, La Valse

I. Stravisnky, Suite from The Firebird (1945)

Teatro Filarmonico_Verona (IT)

Sunday 26 October 2025, h 3.30 pm
Wednesday 29 October 2025, h 7.00 pm
Friday 31 October 2025, h 8.00 pm
Sunday 3 November 2025, h 3.30 pm

Opera Season 2025

Orchestra e Coro della Fondazione Arena di Verona
Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master
Pier Francesco Maestrini, Director
Juan Guillermo Nova, Set
Luca dall’Alpi, Costumes
Bruno Ciulli, Lights
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor

G. Puccini, Le Villi

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