Clelia Cafiero

Neapolitan conductor Clelia Cafiero currently serves as Principal Guest Conductor at the Opéra de Tours, and she first came to international attention with her summer 2023 debut at the Chorégies d’Orange where she led the Orchestre National de Lyon in Carmen.

The 2024-25 season sees Cafiero make several important debuts, including in London debut when she leads the English National Opera in La bohème, at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège with La Perrichole, and a production of Così fan tutte with the Nikikai Opera Foundation marking her debut in Japan. Her symphonic debuts this season include subscription concerts with the Orchestre National de Lyon and special concerts with the Irish National Orchestra. 

Cafiero began her musical career as a concert pianist, which brought her to the stages of such auspices as the Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, Royal Albert Hall, and the Philharmonie de Paris, among others. She worked regularly at the Teatro alla Scala as correpetiteur between 2013 and 2019. Cafiero studied piano and conducting at the conservatories in Naples and Milan, as well as at the Mozarteum in Salzburg. She also holds a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Naples-Federico II.