1Stop founder, Richard Balcombe, is an international conductor who is widely recognised as one of the most versatile musicians of his generation. He is available for concerts and events around the UK and the world and can be contacted directly from this website

In opera he has conducted:

• Barber of Seville (Castleward Opera and Central Festival Opera)


• Rigoletto (English Touring Opera)


• Madama Butterfly (Central Festival Opera)


• Falstaff (London Opera Players)


• Tosca (London Opera Players)


• The Merry Widow (Carl Rosa Opera Company)


• Cosi fan Tutte (London Opera Players)


• The Marriage of Figaro (London Opera Players)


• Die Fledermaus (Carl Rosa)


• La Boheme (London City Opera)


• HMS Pinafore (Carl Rosa Opera Company and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the UK and America)


• The Mikado (Carl Rosa Opera Company and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the UK and America)


• The Pirates of Penzance (Carl Rosa Opera Company)

He has also conducted Bryn Terfel, Jose Carreras & Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorgiou on BBC TV.

He has been privileged to work with some of the world's leading orchestras including:


• Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra


• Odense Symphony Orchestra


• Stavanger Symphony Orchestra


• Orchestre National de Lille


• Estonian National Symphony Orchestra


• Stockholm Sinfonietta


• Sonderjyllands Symphony Orchestra


• Prague Chamber Orchestra


• Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia


• Orquestra Sinfonica Gran Mariscal (Venezuela)


• The Orchestra of New England

And, in the UK:


• London Philharmonic Orchestra


• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra


• The Halle Orchestra


• Royal Scottish National Orchestra


• Ulster Orchestra


• National Symphony Orchestra


• The B.B.C. Concert Orchestra


• Manchester Concert Orchestra


• London Concert Orchestra


• London Pro Arte Orchestra


• East of England Orchestra


• Northern Chamber Orchestra


• London Musicians Orchestra


• The Brandenburg Sinfonia


• The Orchestra of Scottish Opera

In the West End he has been Musical Director for:


• Phantom of the Opera


• City of Angels


• Aspects of Love


• Carmen Jones


• Cats


• Once on this Island

He was Music Director for the productions of Divorce me Darling, the UK premiere of Out of this world, The Gondoliers and How to succeed in business (Chichester Festival), Babes in Arms (Cardiff International Festival), Wonderful Town and South Pacific (Grange Park Opera) and Musical Supervisor for the 2004/2005 national tour of Kiss me Kate.




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