Elizabeth Forbes

Elizabeth Forbes (3 August 1924 – 22 October 2014) was an English author, journalist, music critic, and musicologist who specialised in writing about opera. Actively working as a professional writer and journalist from the early 1970s through 2013, her main areas of interest were 19th and 20th-century opera (French and Scandinavian in particular) and singers, both historical and present-day. She published multiple books related to opera and contributed many reviews and articles to several notable periodicals and newspapers internationally, including the Financial Times, The Independent, The Musical Times, Opera, Opera Canada and Opera News among several others.

Life and career Born in Camberley, Elizabeth Forbes was the daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Forbes; who was Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet during World War II.

She died on 22 October 2014. She never married and never had children, but lived with her partner, Harry Lyons.

Partial list of works Books