Macbeth at La Scala Milan
Maria Bjornson was a remarkably hard working designer. She contributed work of a consistently high standard to over 120 projects.
Below is a list of productions she worked on.
Production | Composer/ Writer | Director | Theatre/ Location |
2006 | |||
The Phantom Of The Opera celebrated 20 years in London’s West End on 9th October 2006 | |||
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Venetian, Las Vegas |
2003 | |||
The Little Prince | Berlioz | Francesca Zambello | Houston Grand Opera |
The Trojans | Berlioz | Francesca Zambello | Metropolitan, New York |
The Cunning Little Vixen | Janacek | David Pountney | La Scala, Milan |
2001/2002 | |||
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Madrid, Stuttgart |
Don Giovanni | Mozart | Francesca Zambello | Royal Opera House |
 The Phantom Of The Opera – ‘Masquerade Ball’ | |||
2000/2001 | |||
The Rise & Fall Of Mahagonny | Kurt Weill | Graham Vick | Genoa |
Cat On A Hot Tin Roof | Williams | Anthony Page | Lyric, Shaftesbury Avenue |
1999/2000 | |||
The Tales Of Hoffmann | Offenbach | John Schlesinger | Royal Opera House |
The Cherry Orchard | Chekov | Trevor Nunn | Royal National Theatre |
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Antwerp, Copenhagen, Mexico |
Ernani | Verdi | Elijah Moshinsky | English National Opera |
Der Rosenkavalier (costumes) | Strauss | John Schlesinger | Royal Opera House |
1998/1999 | |||
Plenty | David Hare | Jonathan Kent | Almeida, London |
Phedre | Racine | Jonathan Kent | Almeida, London |
Britannicus | Racine | Jonathan Kent | Almeida, London |
 Diana Rigg as Agrippina and Toby Stephens as Nero in Jonathan Kent’s 1998 Almeida London production of Racine’s Britannicus | |||
1997/1998 | |||
The Phantom Of The Opera celebrated 10 years on Broadway on 26th January 1998 | |||
Macbeth | Verdi | Graham Vick | La Scala, Milan |
 The poster for the La Scala production of Macbeth, which featured set and costume designs by Maria | |||
1996/1997 | |||
The Phantom Of The Opera celebrated 10 years in London’s West End on 9th October 1996 | |||
The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny | Kurt Weill | Graham Vick | Bastille, Paris |
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Basel |
 Royal Ballet’s 1994 Sleeping Beauty | |||
1994 | |||
Don Giovanni | Mozart | Dalia Ibelhauptaite | Batignano Musica nel Chiostro, Italy |
The Sleeping Beauty | Tchaikovsky | Anthony Dowell | The Royal Ballet |
Katya Kabanova | Janacek | Trevor Nunn | Royal Opera House |
1993 | |||
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Manchester (UK Tour), Holland |
1991/1992 | |||
 Poster for the 1991 Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Blue Angel | |||
The Lulu Plays | Wedekind | Ian McDiarmid | Almeida, London |
Cosi Fan Tutte | Mozart | Trevor Nunn | Glyndebourne |
The Blue Angel | Pam Gems | Trevor Nunn | Royal Shakespeare Company & West End |
Measure For Measure | Shakespeare | Trevor Nunn | Royal Shakespeare Company & Young Vic |
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Seattle |
 Cate Blanchett as Susan Traherne in Jonathan Kent’s 1999 London production of David Hare’s play Plenty for the Almeida season at the Albery Theatre. | |||
1989/1990 | |||
Aspects of Love | Lloyd Webber | Trevor Nunn | Prince of Wales Theatre, London & Broadway |
The Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny | Kurt Weil | Graham Vick | Teatro Verdi Maggio Musicale, Florence |
The Marriage Of Figaro | Mozart | Nicholas Hytner | Grand Opera, Geneva |
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Toronto (Canadian Tour), Stockholm, Melbourne, Hamburg, Chicago |
1988 | |||
The Cunning Little Vixen | Janacek | David Pountney | English National Opera |
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Theatre an der Wien, Austria & Nissei, Tokyo |
 Showgirls from Cameron Mackintosh’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies, directed by Mike Ockrent at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London 1987 | |||
1987 | |||
The Queen Of Spades | Tchaikovsky | David Pountney | English National Opera |
The House Of The Dead | Janacek | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
Follies | Sondheim | Mike Ockrent | The Shaftesbury Theatre, London |
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Majestic Theatre, NY |
1986 | |||
Creditors | Strindberg | Ian MacDiarmid | Almeida, London |
The Phantom Of The Opera | Lloyd Webber | Harold Prince | Her Majesty’s Theatre, London |
Carmen | Bizet | David Pountney | English National Opera |
 Sally Burgess as Carmen in David Pountney’s 1986 English National Opera production of Bizet’s opera | |||
1985 | |||
The Lonely Road | Schnitzler | Christopher Fettes | The Old Vic, London |
Donnerstag Aus Licht | Stockhausen | Michael Bogdanov | Royal Opera House |
Camille | Pam Gems | Ron Daniels | Comedy Theatre, London |
1984 | |||
Camille | Pam Gems | Ron Daniels | The Other Place, Royal Shakespeare Company |
Der Rosenkavalier (costumes) | Strauss | John Schlesinger | Royal Opera House & Television |
Hamlet | Shakespeare | Ron Daniels | Main House, Royal Shakespeare Company |
1983 | |||
The Gambler | Prokofiev | David Pountney | English National Opera |
The Cunning Little Vixen | Janacek | David Pountney | Welsh National Opera & Television |
The Valkyrie | Wagner | David Pountney | English National Opera |
 English National Opera chorus in David Pountney’s 1986 production of Bizet’s Carmen | |||
1982 | |||
Jenufa | Janacek | David Pountney | Canadian Opera Company |
Katya Kabanova | Janacek | David Pountney | Welsh National Opera & Television |
Werther | Massenet | Steven Pimlott | Opera North |
The Tempest | Shakespeare | Ron Daniels | Main House, Royal Shakespeare Company |
From The House Of The Dead | Janacek | David Pountney | Welsh National Opera |
1981 | |||
A Midsummer’s Night Dream | Shakespeare | Ron Daniels | Main House, Royal Shakespeare Company |
The Cherry Orchard | Chekhov | Patrick Garland | Chichester Festival |
Jenufa | Janacek | David Pountney | Houston Grand Opera |
Don Giovanni | Mozart | David Pountney | Opera North |
The Queen Of Spades | Tchaikovsky | David Pountney | De Nederlandse Operastichting |
 The ball scene in David Pountney’s 1983 production of Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades for English Nation Opera | |||
1980 | |||
Katya Kabanova | Janacek | David Pountney | Sydney Opera House |
The Cunning Little Vixen | Janacek | David Pountney | Welsh National Opera & Scottish Opera |
Tales Of Hoffman | Offenbach | John Schlesinger | Royal Opera House & Television |
 Tales of Hoffman: From the 1982 book The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden by Colin Thubron and Clive Boursnell, showing Maria fitting costumes for this vast and complicated production | |||
1979 | |||
Rigoletto | Verdi | Patrick Libby | Opera North |
Ernani | Verdi | Elijah Moshinsk | Welsh National Opera |
Don Giovanni | Mozart | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
Katya Kabanova | Janacek | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
The Golden Cockerel | Rimsky-Korsakov | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
1978 | |||
The Way Of The World | Congreve | John Barton | Aldwych, Royal Shakespeare Company |
The Bartered Bride (costumes) | Smetana | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
Seraglio (costumes) | Mozart | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
Vieux Carre (costumes) | Tennessee Williams | Keith Hack | Piccadilly Theatre |
Hansel And Gretel | Humperdinck | Peter Ebert | Scottish Opera |
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg | Wagner | David Pountney | Sydney Opera House |
The Makropulos Case | Janacek | David Pountney | Welsh National Opera & Television |
Jenufa | Janacek | David Pountney | Scottish Opera & Houston grand Opera |
1977 | |||
Hedda Gabler | Ibsen | Keith Hack | Duke Of York’s Theatre |
Toussaint | David Blake | David Pountney | English National Opera |
 Graham Clark as Hermann with chorus in David Pountney’s 1983 English National Opera production of Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades | |||
1976 | |||
Sons Of Light | Rudkin | Keith Hack | Newcastle |
Il Trovatore | Verdi | Julian Hope | Welsh National Opera |
School For Scandal | Sheridan | Phil Partridge | Watford Palace Theatre |
Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg | Wagner | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
1975 | |||
The Queen Of Spades | Tchaikovsky | David Pountney | Kassel, Germany |
The Golden Cockerel (costumes) | Rimsky-Korsakov | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
Jenufa | Janacek | David Pountney | Welsh National Opera |
1974 | |||
The Magic Flute (costumes) | Mozart | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
Holst’s Double Bill | Holst | David Pountney | English Opera Group |
Measure For Measure | Shakespeare | Keith Hack | Main House, Royal Shakespeare Company |
La Rondine | Puccini | David Pountney | English Opera Group |
Tannhauser (costumes) | Wagner | Bernd Benthaak | Sydney Opera House |
Wozzeck (costumes) | Berg | Michael Gelliot | De Nederlandse Operstichting |
Antony And Cleopatra (costumes) | Shakespeare | Tony Richardson | Bankside Globe |
 Maria Guleghina as Lady Macbeth in Graham Vick’s 1997 La Scala Milan production of Verdi’s Macbeth | |||
1973 | |||
The Gambler | Prokofiev | David Pountney | Wexford Festival |
1972 | |||
Katya Kabanova (with Sue Blane) | Janacek | David Pountney | Wexford Festival |
The Rake’s Progress | Stravinsky | David Pountney | Scottish Opera |
The Crucible | Miller | Stephen Dartnell | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
In The Jungle Of The Cities | Brecht | Keith Hack | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
Puss In Boots (with Sue Blane) | Giles Havergal | Glasgow Citizens Theatre | |
The Threepenny Opera | Brecht & Weill | Richard Stroud | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
Timon Of Athens | Shakespeare | Keith Hack | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
King Lear | Shakespeare | Stephen Dartnell | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
1971 | |||
The Life Of Galileo (with Sue Blane) | Brecht | Keith Hack | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
Three Sisters | Chekov | Giles Havergal | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
Cinderella (with Sue Blane) | Giles Havergal | Glasgow Citizens Theatre | |
Tiny Alice | Albee | Robert David MacDonald | Glasgow Citizens Theatre |
1969 | |||
Scapino (costumes) | Moliere | Frank Dunlop | Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, London |
 Maria’s costumes for the roles of Carabosse and The Lilac Fairy from the Royal Ballet’s 1994 production of The Sleeping Beauty. Shown here exhibited in the Paul Hamlyn Hall at the Royal Opera House. Photo by Francesca Franchi. | |||