Well versed in opera and symphonic repertoire, ALVISE CASELLATI studied with Maestro Vincent La Selva at Juilliard School of Music and was later mentored by Maestro Piero Bellugi (2009-2012). He is committed to projects of social responsibility and the rediscovery of forgotten Italian repertoire, i.e. Alberto Franchetti. He is the Founder and Music Director of Opera Italiana is in the Air, created in 2017 with the mission of making the beauty of Italian opera accessible to everyone.
His debut in Italy in 2011 was at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice where he conducted the Orchestra and Choir for the 150th Anniversary Concert of the Unity of Italy. As Resident Conductor of the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa in 2014, he made his opera debut with Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia and then Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore.
Maestro Casellati has been invited to participate in St. Margarethen Festival, Arena di Verona Opera Festival, Spoleto Two Worlds Festival, White Nights Festival, Cartagena Festival Internacional de Música, Nervi International Music Festival, festivals in Teatro Greco Taormina, Villa Bellini Catania, and many others. He has collaborated with many important theaters and orchestras in Italy, including Teatro La Fenice Venice, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Rome, Teatro Regio in Turin, Opera di Roma, Arena di Verona, Teatro San Carlo Naples, etc. Internationally he has collaborated with theatres and orchestras in China, Austria, Russia, Poland, Croatia, Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Latvia and USA, among others.
His education includes also diploma as Maestro of Violin with Guido Furini at the Conservatory of Music “C. Pollini” in Padova, later on specializing with Felice Cusano and Taras Gabora. Further, he has received a Doctor Degree in Law and a master’s degree in copyright.
He was the Founder of the Venetian Community of New York as well as Managing Director and Secretary of the Foundation for Italian Art & Culture, Friends of San Patrignano USA, worked also as a teacher.