John Rigby

Conductor, Musical Supervisor and Musicologist

Conducting

John pursues an active and varied conducting career and is equally at home on the concert platform as he is in the theatre pit. He regularly woks with most major British orchestras covering a diverse range of repertoire and has collaborated with a wide range of soloists, both vocal and instrumental.

Selected Recordings:

“Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
“Legrand, Boublil, Schönberg & Kretzmer – Marguerite Act 1 Finale” – Original London Cast
“Grieg – Morning from Peer Gynt” – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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Orchestras Include:

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Ballet Symphonia
Hallé
CBSO
City of London Sinfonia
Berliner Symphoniker
BBC Concert Orchestra
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
London Concert Orchestra
Manchester Concert Orchestra
Scottish Festival Orchestra
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra of Opera North
The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
The Orchestra of English National Opera

Shows Include:

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Palladium Theatre, London) – 2020 WhatsOnStage Award nomination for Best Musical Direction.
The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s, London)
Les Miserables (Palace Theatre & Queens Theatre, London)
Carousel (Opera North, Barbican Theatre, London)
The Drowsy Chaperone (Novello Theatre, London)
The Producers (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London)
Marguerite (Haymarket Theatre, London)
The Pirates of Penzance (Savoy Theatre, London)
The King and I (Palladium Theatre, London & UK Tour)
Sinatra at the Palladium (Palladium Theatre, London)
Napoleon (Shaftesbury Theatre, London)
Miss Saigon (Musical Hall, Stuttgart, Germany)
Starlight Express (Musicalhalle, Bochum, Germany)

Events Include:

Classical Spectacular – Royal Albert Hall, London; MEN Arena, Manchester: NIA, Birmingham: 02, Berlin
Friday Night is Music Night – BBC Radio 2
Mooney Tunes – RTÉ
Judith Weir’s ‘The Black Spider’ for Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Gala Re-opening of Potsdammer Platz, Berlin, Germany
Raymond Gubbay’s ‘Christmas Festival’ – Royal Albert Hall, London and throughout the UK
Leeds Castle Classical Concert
Kenwood House Classical Concert
Hampton Court Festival
Opera Holland Park
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 70th Birthday Celebration Concert