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The Opera “HULDA”
The Opera “HULDA” produced in Norway Maria Bjornson’s great-grandfather was Bjornstjerne Bornson, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1903. He was a dramatist, novelist, and poet, as well as a political leader and champion of Norway’s independence from Sweden. His play Hulda is a passionate tale of love, murder, lust, and revenge centering upon the…
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A Heap of Stones by Adam Pollock.
Published February 2020. The inspiring opera impresario and designer Adam Pollock was a great long-term friend of Maria Bjornson’s. He put together the spectacular celebration of Maria’s life and work at Her Majesty’s Theatre after her death. Pollock is best known as the owner and founder of The Batignano Opera Festival in Tuscany, an astonishing…
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The Little Prince returns to Washington DC
December 2017 Rachel Portman’s Opera The Little Prince, based on Saint Exupery’s book, with sets and costumes by Maria Bjornson, returns to Washington National Opera in the newly refurbished Terrace Theatre at The Kennedy Center in Washington DC for five performances in the lead up to Christmas. It last appeared there in 2014 and was an instant…
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Final staging of classic Covent GardenTales of Hoffmann November – December 2016
November – December 2016 John Schlesinger’s great production of Jules Offenbach’s operatic masterpiece The Tales of Hoffmann, with sets by William Dudley and witty, charming costumes by Maria Bjornson, was first staged in 1980 and has been a huge success with critics and audiences for the last thirty-six years. The Royal Opera House have announced…
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Phantom Masked Ball
New York City, January 9, 2006 On this day THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA became the longest-running musical production in the history of Broadway, with its 7,486th performance. To celebrate the event, Lord Lloyd-Webber and Sir Cameron Mackintosh invited a selected audience to a gala performance at the Majestic Theatre, followed by a Masked Ball…
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