with his partner Juan Soriano, in Eastbourne and later in Barcelona, where Soriano came from. He died at the age of 91 in 2005 in Arenys de Mar, a town some 25 miles to the north of Barcelona City. At the time he was working on a history of French opera. References External links British music critics Classical music critics Opera critics 1913 births 2005 deaths People from Scarborough, North Yorkshire