A lyric soprano, graduated in piano and singing at Perugia Conservatory, Alda Caiello began her interpreting compositions by Pergolesi, Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart and Gluck, as well as Boccherini’s Stabat Mater and Charpentier’s Te Deum.
Alda Caiello has often sung Luciano Berio's Folk Songs: in Milano conducted by Berio himself, in Rotterdam conducted by Valerij Gergiev, and at Vienna's Musikverein (from 2002 yearly) with the Kontrapunkte Ensemble conducted by Peter Keuschnig. Moreover, she played the main role in Berio's Passaggio at Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova, directed by Daniele Abbado. The Niewe Ensemble invited her to sing compositions by Berio in Utrecht and Maastricht. She took part in the Festival of Amsterdam and Utrecht with the Atlas Ensemble and, with the Contemporartensemble conducted by Mauro Ceccanti, she sang Dallapiccola’s Commiato.
Alda Caiello was chosen by Adriano Guarnieri for the world première of Medea at Teatro La Fenice in Venezia, sang in the world première of La Passione secondo Matteo at Teatro alla Scala in Milano and, for the Centenary celebration of Venezia’s La Biennale, performed Quare Tristis. She is now one of the main characters of the world première of La Pietra di diaspro at Teatro dell'Opera in Roma, at Teatro Nazionale and at Ravenna Festival 2007 (director Cristina Mazzavillani Muti).
At the Holland Festival Alda Caiello interpreted Gesualdo, considered as a murderer by Luca Francesconi, with the Hilliard Ensemble, directed by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti, perforemd in Milano as welll for the Festival MITO settembreMusic 2008. In 2005, in Milan, she sang in the Italian première of America by Thomas Adés.
Invited in October 2007 at the Biennale she sung the world premiere of Manzoni’s La Legge in the presence of the author. In November 2007 she returned at the Musikverein for Wien Modern in two different concerts: the first performance of Kosmoi by Pierluigi Billone with the Radio Symphonie Orchester Wien conducted by Stephen Ausbury and the first Austrian performance of Recital for Cathy by Luciano Berio with the Ensemble Kontrapunkte. In February 2008 for the Stagione Universitaria dei Concerti she presented a concert in Rome dedicated to Dallapiccola and Carter, and at the Mozart Festival of A Coruña she presented a series of concerts devoted to Shostakovich and Mosca and at the Festival Florilegio di Salamanca she sang Berio’s Folksongs.
Alda Caiello has recorded for BMG/Ricordi, CAM (Fabio Vacchi, soundtrack for the film Cantando dietro i paraventi by Olmi), Stradivarius, Rai Trade, Col Legno, Zig Zag Territoires. Soon there will be issued two CD on Casella, Respighi, Pizzetti e Ghedini, edited by Bottega Discantica.