Raymond Rôze

He studied in Brussels with Arthur De Greef before first working in England at the Lyceum Theatre where he was Musical Director.

With his opera, Rôze sought, in his own words, to establish the "English language in the position it should hold on the operatic stage once and for all.

[5] A gala performance[6] of Joan of Arc in the presence of King George and Queen Mary in December 1913 was interrupted by suffragist protestors.

[7] Rôze was the founding conductor of the British Symphony Orchestra, a professional ensemble formed in 1919 from demobilised soldiers returning to London after World War I.

[8] He was married to an American soprano, Louise Miles (nom de scène Marie Sora), from New York.