The Italian conductor Alessandro Amoretti completed his musical studies in Italy, at the Conservatory of Lucca and the Accademia Musicale Pescarese, before continuing his training in Moscow. For some years he worked in Italy and in the United States as a conductor and vocal coach, concentrating primarily on nineteenth century opera. As musical director and principal conductor of the Studio Lirico summer workshop in Cortona, Italy, he has directed several productions of operas by Cimarosa and also conducted the first American performance of Salieri’s Falstaff.

In 1998- 9 he joined the Drottningholms Slottsteater, Norrlands Opera, as well as Operastudio ‘67, and is now vocal coach at the Royal Opera Academy of Copenhagen, appearing as guest conductor at the Royal Opera House of Copenhagen, with the Danish Radio Choir and with the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki.