and Idomeneo, Salome and Die Frau ohne Schatten. Personal life Crozier was married twice: first (in 1936 to stage designer and actress Biddy Crozier (born Ada Margaret Johns, 1915-2004) with whom he had two daughters, and then to the mezzo soprano Nancy Evans in 1949. (Evans' first husband was the record producer Walter Legge). In retirement they lived at Great Glemham, not far from Snape Maltings. He and Nancy were appointed OBEs in the 1991 New Year Honours list. The Eric Crozier and Nancy Evans archives are preserved at Aldeburgh. He died after a long period of ill-health at Granville in France. References External links An interview with Eric Crozier recorded in 1992 - a British Library sound recording British opera directors 1914 births 1994 deaths People educated at University College School English theatre directors English opera librettists Officers of the Order of the British Empire Writers from London Benjamin Britten 20th-century British dramatists and playwrights English male dramatists and playwrights