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MARIA BJÖRNSON
1949-2002, designed extensively for theatre, opera and ballet. She received
numerous awards for her designs for The Phantom of the Opera, among them two Tonys, two Outer Critics Circle Awards and
two Drama Critics Awards, all for Best Set and Costume. Other theatre credits include Aspects of Love, Follies, The Cherry
Orchard, Measure for Measure, The Blue Angel, Camille, Hamlet, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Way of
the World, Plenty, Phèdre, Britannicus, The Lulu Plays, Creditors, The Lonely Road and the London production of Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof. She was awarded the Silver Medal for the Janacek Competition Prague Quadriennale (1983); the Observer's
Experts' Expert, The Designers' Designer, in recognition of her contribution to theatre design (1990); and the 19th Franco
Abbiato Prize (1999). Her opera credits include designs for the Royal Opera House, La Scala, Bastille Opera, Teatro Carlo
Felice, Glyndebourne, English National Opera, Netherlands Opera, Opera North, Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera.
At the time of her death, Maria had completed designs for The Trojans (the Met) and The Little Prince (Houston Grand Opera)
and the set designs for Il Trovatore (Paris Opera), all three directed by Francesca Zambello.
