Matt Wolf in London contributed to this report. (Eric Winterling, Inc.) Wool sateen cape with jet embellishments. Silk faille waistcoat, shirt and silk bow tie. 2 piece tailsuit of woven patterned silk. For an elegant man of his time, after the sun goes down, this was pretty normal stuff. It's just that the design is so brilliant that it works right through." Phantom Suit and Cape - Silk tailsuit worn by the Phantom. A lot of 'Phantom' is extraordinarily simple. "People talk about it being very spectacular," he says, "but most everything in the production is done with an extraordinary lack of technology. "The reason why of all my shows 'Phantom' has endured so long is that it requires the scale and beauty of the visual to pull you in." Lloyd Webber, too, acknowledges "Phantom's" debt to Bjornson, saying, "She brought femininity to it." And the composer disagrees with those who attribute the show's visual success to excess. Producer Cameron Mackintosh had seen Bjornson's work in the opera house, but it wasn't grandeur that impressed him most when it came to picking a designer for "Phantom." "She was able to create a real world I could believe in," he says. "It's not often fashionable now to desire something to be drop-dead gorgeous," says Zambello, "but that's what she was dedicated to." The director describes Bjornson as "a consummate storyteller who was never afraid of great beauty," dubbing the designer "traditionalist and conservative" in the aesthetic sense. "There are some designers who will not spend hours in the paint and costume shops, but Maria would not leave people alone until everything was right." "She was relentless in getting it right," Zambello recalls. Well received at its premiere in Houston in 2003 and in New York last year, the opera was especially lauded for Bjornson's whimsical set and costume designs - a world away from what she had wrought for "Phantom."įrancesa Zambello, who first worked with Bjornson at London's Covent Garden in 1999, directed that production and says that although the designer didn't live to see her work executed, she had built all the set models and painted the costumes designs. At the time, she was working on the inaugural production of Rachel Portman's opera "The Little Prince," based on the beloved book by Saint-Exupery. The tragedy is that her credit list, though substantial, would be larger still had she not died in 2002 of natural causes at the unnaturally early age of 53.
Above, Bjomsons illustration for "Hannibal," the opera within the opera known as "Phantom."ījornson's list of credits may always be headed by "Phantom," but her work in theater was varied and, ironically, includes far more operas and plays than musicals. Her illustrious career was cut short in 2002 when she died at age 53. (See the original costume sketch here.LOOK OF LOVE: Maria Bjornson designed the sets and costumes for "The Phantom of the Opera," her first of only three Broadway credits. This costume is normally worn with the Phantom’s iconic fedora. When he brings Christine down to his lair for the first time, he dons a magnificent cloak made of black jacquard lined with silvery-gray silk. This formal Victorian evening suit is worn by the Phantom throughout most of the show.
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If you would like to see the full-sized photos, contact me and briefly explain why you need the pictures. The costumes in Phantom of the Opera were designed by Alexandra Byrne. The Mask of Red Death: This was my most favorite mask. Since most Halloween Parties are Costume Balls themselves, I figured the Phantom should wear at least the mask he wore then, The Mask of Red Death. WordPress has a file size limit, so all the photos displayed in this article are scaled down. In the book, Silent Movie and Broadway musical the Phantom makes an appearance at the Operas Costume Ball. If you want to share the pictures with others, please give out the link to this article. You may save them for personal use and research, but you may not publish them anywhere-that includes your website or blog. Every picture in this article is protected under US copyright law and cannot be used without permission.
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