The costume design was rhythmic, colorful, and enchanting.
The cast was dynamic, filled with both charisma and very, very powerful lungs.
The orchestration, under the direction of David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, was a pure musical delight. The Tony Award winning production, which continues to reign at the Majestic Theatre of Times Square, has been performed well over 10,000 times and the afternoon show I attended emulated just that: a perfect articulation of one of the most revered pieces to have ever been written. There was no immediate word on funeral plans.The longest-running Broadway show The Phantom of the Opera is not only a New York musical masterpiece, but a global phenomenon. In 1988, Bjornson's work on "Phantom" won two Tony Awards, one for sets and the other for costumes.Īfter "Phantom" she collaborated with Lloyd Webber again on "Aspects of Love," worked on the Royal Ballet's production of "Sleeping Beauty" at Covent Garden in London in 1994 and on "Cosi Fan Tutte" at Glyndebourne in 1991.ījornson is survived by her mother, Maria Prodan, The Guardian said. She created the boat for the journey to the phantom's lair and when Lloyd Webber introduced the musical to friends at his country home, Bjornson unveiled the famous chandelier _ which subsequently flew out over audiences in London, New York, Tokyo, Vienna, Melbourne and in several other cities worldwide, according to the two newspapers.
Her colorful and grand design for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Phantom of the Opera" at Her Majesty's Theater in London in 1986 that won her international acclaim. She worked for the Welsh National Opera and its English and Scottish counterparts, was involved with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Ballet. She went to the French Lycee in London and then studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art and the Central School of Art and Design.ījornson worked as a theater designer from 1969, and designed 13 productions at the Glasgow Citizens' Theater. Bjornson was born in Paris in 1949 and grew up in London, the daughter of a Romanian woman and a Norwegian father.
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