Born in Birmingham, Downes had a long and distinguished career, including conducting the first performance at the Sydney Opera House.
唐斯生于伯明翰，其职业生涯漫长且辉煌，包括指挥了悉尼歌剧院的首场演出。
The Downes family said: "Our father, who was 85 years old, almost blind and increasingly deaf, had a long, vigorous and distinguished career as a conductor.
