Stephen Michael Harding Oliver (10 March 1950 – 29 April 1992) was an English composer, best known for his operas.
His maternal great-grandfather was William Boyd Carpenter, a Bishop of Ripon and a court chaplain to Queen Victoria.
Oliver was a frequent guest on BBC Radio 4's light discussion programme Stop the Week.
The trust worked with other organisations to bring the two composers' operas to the stage in June 1998, as part of the 1998 Covent Garden Festival.
[4] After the competitions, the trust turned its attention to supporting compositions and occasional performances by contemporary opera companies.