Roy Mourby, who grew up in Wales, was a teacher, and served with the Air Ministry in the Second World War.
His own opera productions include Semele (Malta 2002) Cosi fan tutte (Oxford 2004) Marriage of Figaro (Blewbury Festival 2006).
In June 2017 Icon Press published two books based on Mourby's travels round the world "Rooms of One's Own" focussed on places where great works of literature were written.
In January 2019 Mourby was Writer in Residence on Ocean Drive, Miami a post sponsored by The Betsy Hotel.
As a writer on opera and travel- two things that abruptly ceased in 2020- Mourby saw a career that had become too busy suddenly implode during the Covid lockdowns.