“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.”
“He conducts the opera with exemplary clarity, wide and always soft articulations, a beautiful sense of theatrical rhythm: taking care to support the singers.”
“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.”
“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”
“The excellent Alessandro Cadario governed everything with a firm hand and scrupulous mastery”
“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.”
“He conducts with mastery and brilliance, his conducting is agile, deeply dense in terms of dynamic and agogic refinements.”
“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.”
“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
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, Filarmonica della Fenice, Tatarstan National Symphony, Kraków Philharmonic, Orchestra of Royal Opéra de Wallonie Liège, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, del Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, 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. In 2024 he also conducted at Rossini Opera Festiva, at MITO SettembreMusica Festival, he returend to Teatro Petruzzelli, Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Royal Opera House in Muscat and debuted at Teatro Bellini di Catania and at Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège. Moreover he debuted with the Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, with Orchestra of Accademia del Teatro alla Scala and returned to Teatro dell’Opera di Roma for Strauss’s Die Fledermaus.
His upcoming engagements include a return to the Caracalla Festival with a new production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni, to the Fondazione Arena di Verona for Puccini’s Le Villi, as well as debuts at the Opéra de Marseille with Il Barbiere di Siviglia, at Teatri dell’Emilia Romagna with a new production of Italiana in Algeri and at the Teatro Coccia in Novara with La Traviata. He will also return in the season of the Zagreb Philharmonic and he will conduct Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana and Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana.
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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Lisinski Hall_Zagabria (HR)
Sunday 20 July 2025
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Thursday 24 July 2025
Friday 25 July 2025
Season 2024-25
Zagabria Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Lakatoš, Violin
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
R. Hahn, Overture Mozart
H. Wieniawski, Concert N° 1 for violin and orchestra op.14
P. I. Čajkovski, Symphony N°2 op.17
Teatro Dal Verme_Milano (IT)
Thursday 5 June 2025, h 8.00 pm
Panorami Sonori 2025
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Richard Galliano, Accordeon
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Gershwin, Around Rhapsody in Blue
M. Ravel, Ma mère l’oye
R. Galliano, Poème symphonique sur le nom de Claude Nougaro
R. Galliano, Madreperla
Castello di Miramare_Trieste (IT)
Thursday 19 June 2025, h 8.45 pm
Società dei concerti di Trieste
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Davide Cabassi, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
L. van Beethoven, Concert for piano and orchestra n.5 op.73 “Emperor”
F. Mendelssohn, Symphony n. 4 “Italian” op.90
Lisinski Hall_Zagabria (HR)
Friday 20 June 2025, h 7.30 pm
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Davide Cabassi, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
A. Cadario, Five Greek folk songs, omage to Ravel
L. van Beethoven, Concert for piano and orchestra n.5 op.73 “Emperor”
W. A. Mozart, Symphony n. 41 K 551 “Jupiter”
Croatian National Theatar _Varaždin (HR)
Saturday 21 June 2025, h 7.30 pm
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Davide Cabassi, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
A. Cadario, Five Greek folk songs, omage to Ravel
L. van Beethoven, Concert for piano and orchestra n.5 op.73 “Emperor”
W. A. Mozart, Symphony n. 41 K 551 “Jupiter”
Teatro Khislstein_Kranj (SLO)
Sunday 22 June 2025, h 8.00 pm
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Davide Cabassi, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
A. Cadario, Five Greek folk songs, omage to Ravel
L. van Beethoven, Concert for piano and orchestra n.5 op.73 “Emperor”
W. A. Mozart, Symphony n. 41 K 551 “Jupiter”
Basilica di Massenzio_Roma (IT)
Sunday 20 July 2025
Tuesday 22 July 2025
Thursday 24 July 2025
Friday 25 July 2025
Caracalla Festival 2025
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma
Ciro Visco, Chorus Master
Vasily Barkhatov, Stage Director
Zinovy Margolin, Sets
Olga Shaishmelashvili, Costumes
Alexander Sivaev, Lights
Roberto Frontali, Don Giovanni
Vito Priante, Leporello
Nadja Mchantaf, Donna Anna
Carmela Remigio, Donna Elvira
Anthony León, Don Ottavio
Eleonora Bellocci, Zerlina
Mihai Damian, Masetto
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
W. A. Mozart, Don Giovanni (New production)
Chiesa di Santa Maria_Calanca (CH)
Saturday 9 August 2025, h 8 pm
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Matthias Wursch, Marimba
Pedro Mateo Gonzalez, Guitar
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
F. Mendelssohn, Symphony n.9 “Swiss”
N. Rosauro, Concerto for Marimba n.1
J. Rodrigo, Concerto de Aranjuez, for chitarra and orchesra
Conservatorio G.Verdi_Torino (I)
Thursday 11 September 2025, h 8 pm
Festival MITO SettembreMusica 2025
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Benedetta Mignani, Violin
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
S. Frega, GNOSIS for violin and orchestra
Commission by MITO SettembreMusica – World premiere
L. Berio, Schubert/Berio: Rendering, for orchestra
Teatro Coccia_Novara (IT)
Friday 26 September 2025, h 8.30 pm
Saturday 27 September 2025, h 8.30 pm
Sunday 28 September 2025, h 4 pm
Tuesday 30 July 2025, h 8.30 pm
Season 2025
Orchestra Antonio Vivaldi
Giorgio Pasotti, Stage Director
Italo Grassi, Sets
Luca Attilii, Visual designer
Anna Biagiotti, Costumes
Ivan Pastrovicchio, Lights
Valentina Mastrangelo (26, 28), Alexandra Grigoras (27, 30), Violetta
Anna Malavasi (26, 28), Mariateresa Federico (AMO – 27, 30), Flora
Francesco Castoro (26, 28), Carlo Raffaelli (27, 30), Alfredo Germont
Mario Cassi (26, 28), Marcello Rosiello (27, 30), Giorgio Germont
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Verdi, La Traviata (New Production)
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
Stagione d’Opera e Balletto 2025
Orchestra e Coro della Fondazione Arena di Verona
Roberto Gabbiani, Chorus Master
Pier Francesco Maestrini, Stage Director
Juan Guillermo Nova, Sets
Luca dall’Alpi, Costumes
Bruno Ciulli, Lights
Galeano Salas, Roberto
Sara Cortolezzis, Anna
Gëzim Myshketa, Guglielmo Wulff
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Puccini, Le Villi
Opera Theatre_Marseille (FR)
Friday 26 December 2025, h 8.00 pm
Sunday 28 December 2025, h 2.30 pm
Wednesday 31 December 2025, h 8.00 pm
Friday 2 January 2026, h 8.00 pm
Sunday 4 January 2026, h 2.30 pm
Opera Season 2025-26
Orchestre et Chœur de l’Opéra de Marseille
Pierre-Emmanuel Rousseau, Stage Director and Sets
Gilles Gentner, Lights
Éléonore Pancrazi, Rosina
Andreea Soare, Berta
Santiago Ballerini, Il Comte Almaviva
Vito Priante, Figaro
Marc Barrad, Il Dottor Bartolo
Alessio Cacciavano, Don Basilio
Gilen Goicoechea, Fiorello
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Rossini, Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Teatro Dal Verme_Milano (IT)
Thursday 29 January 2026, h 8.00 pm
Saturday 31 January 2026, h 5 pm
81st Concert Season
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Dardust, Piano
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
M. Ravel, Cinq mélodies populaires grecques (orchestration by A. Cadario)
Dardust, Suite for piano and orchestra (Wolrd Premiere)
I. Stravinskij, Dumbarton Oaks
S. Prokofiev, Symphony n. 1 op. 25 “Classic”
Teatro Municipale_Piacenza (IT)
Friday 27 February 2026, h 8.00 pm
Sunday 1 March 2026, h 4.00 pm
Opera Season 25/26
Orchestra dell Emilia-Romagna Arturo Toscanini
Coro Claudio Merulo di Reggio Emilia
Martino Faggiani, Chorus Master
Fabio Cherstich, Stage Director
Nicolas Bovey, Sets
Arthur Arbesser, Costumes
Giorgio Caoduro, Mustafà
Gloria Tronel, Elvira
Barbara Skora, Zulma
Giuseppe De Luca, Haly
Ruzil Gatin, Lindoro
Laura Verrecchia, Isabella
Marco Filippo Romano, Taddeo
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Rossini, L’italiana in Algeri (New production)
Teatro Sociale_Trento (IT)
Friday 27 Mach 2026, h 8.00 pm
Sunday 29 March 2026, h 4.00 pm
Opera Season 25/26
Orchestra Haydn di Trento e Bolzano
Coro Claudio Merulo di Reggio Emilia
Martino Faggiani, Chorus Master
Fabio Cherstich, Stage Director
Nicolas Bovey, Sets
Arthur Arbesser, Costumes
Giorgio Caoduro, Mustafà
Gloria Tronel, Elvira
Barbara Skora, Zulma
Giuseppe De Luca, Haly
Ruzil Gatin, Lindoro
Laura Verrecchia, Isabella
Marco Filippo Romano, Taddeo
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
G. Rossini, L’italiana in Algeri (New production)
Teatro Dal Verme_Milano (IT)
Thursday 30 April 2026, h 8.00 pm
Saturday 2 May 2026, h 5 pm
81st Concert Season
Orchestra I Pomeriggi Musicali
Rainer Honeck, Violin
Alessandro Cadario, Conductor
C. Galante, Liza (World Premiere)
F. J. Haydn, Symphony n. 64 Hob. I:64 “Tempora mutantur”
L. van Beethoven, Concert for violin and orchestra, op. 61
Video
Johannes Brahms
Symphony 2 – Tchaikovsky Concert Hall – RNO
Maurice Ravel
Le tombeau de Couperin – Teatro Manzoni, Bologna – Musica Insieme
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
Passion of the music, Mozart in the Jungle
During the filming of Mozart in the Jungle, Season 3
With Monica Bellucci, Gael García Bernal, Plácido Domingo
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