He was solo oboist of the orchestra of La Scala in Milan for ten years,[1] where he assisted conductors such as Riccardo Muti and Giuseppe Patanè.
[2] Morandi is focused on Italian opera of the 19th and early 20th century, such as Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore, Bellini's La sonnambula, and works by Verdi and Puccini.
[1] In 2012, he conducted a production of Puccini's La fanciulla del West in Stockholm, directed by Christof Loy and with Nina Stemme in the title role which was recorded on DVD.
[3] In 2019, he conducted a production of Verdi's Il trovatore at the Verona Arena, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, with Anna Netrebko as Leonora and Yusif Eyvazov in the title role, which was recorded on DVD.
[5] He conducted at the Oper Frankfurt Puccini's Madama Butterfly and Il trittico among others,[2] the latter in 2022 in a 2008 production directed by Claus Guth, with Željko Lučić, Elza van den Heever and Victória Pitts in leading roles.