Marie-Jeanne Lecca

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Marie-Jeanne was born in Bucharest, where she studied at the Beaux Arts Institute. She now lives in London and works extensively in Opera. Marie-Jeanne received the Martinu Medal for JULIETTA and THE GREEK PASSION and was nominated by Opernwelt magazine as Costume Designer of the Year for MASKERADE. She was also part of the British team that won the "Golden Triga" at the 2003 Prague Quadriennale.

Opera

Production	Company	Notes
WAR AND PEACE 2018	Welsh National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI 2018	La Scala Milan	Dir: David Pountney
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO 2018	Welsh National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
DIE WALKURE 2017	Chicago Lyric Opera	Dir: David Pountney
LULU (Transfer) 2016	Fondazione Haydn di Bolzano e Trento	Dir: David Pountney
DAS RHEINGOLD 2016	Chicago Lyric Opera	Dir: David Pountney
HAUNTED MANOR 2015	Polish National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
WILLIAM TELL 2015	Grand Theatre Geneva	Dir: David Pountney
ROMEO AND JULIETTE 2015	Theater St. Gallen	Dir/Choreographer: Beate Volack
WILLIAM TELL 2015	Polish National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
PELLEAS AND MELISANDE 2015	Welsh National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
MOSES IN EGYPT 2014	Welsh National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
WILLIAM TELL 2014	Welsh National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
THE MAGIC FLUTE 2014	Bregenzer Festspiele	Dir: David Pountney
THE MAGIC FLUTE 2013	Bregenzer Festspiele	Dir: David Pountney
LULU 2013	Welsh National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
PRINCE IGOR 2012	Opernhaus Zurich	Dir: David Pountney
TRIPTYQUE LYONS 2012	L'Opera National de Lyon	IL TRITTICO (IL TABARRO/ SUOR ANGELICA/ GIANNI SCHICCHI) VON HEUTE AUF MORGEN/ SANCTA SUSANNA Dirs. David Pountney, John Fulljames
UN BALLO IN MASCHERA 2011	Opernhaus Zurich	Dir: David Pountney
THE PASSENGER 2010	Bregenzer Festspiele/ Warsaw/ ENO/ Lincoln Centre Festival	Dir: David Pountney
LES TROYENS 2010	Deutschoper Berlin	Dir: David Pountney
KROL ROGER 2009	Bregenzer Festspiele/ Warsaw/ Barcelona	Dir: David Pountney
AGRIPPINA 2009	Opernhaus Zurich	Dir: David Pountney
TRISTAN AND ISOLDE 2009	Cologne Opera	Dir: David Pountney
LA JUIVE 2009	Opernhaus Zurich	Dir: David Pountney
WOZZECK 2008	Royal Danish Opera	Dir: Keith Warner
DIE SOLDATEN 2008	New York Lincoln Center Festival	Dir: David Pountney
CARMEN 2008	Bolshoi, Moscow	Dir: David Pountney
MACBETH 2007	San Francisco Opera	Dir: David Pountney
LA JUIVE 2007	The New Israeli Opera	Dir: David Pountney
THE RING CYCLE 2007	Royal Opera House	Dir: Keith Warner
KHOVANSHCHINA 2007	Welsh National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
DIE SOLDATEN 2006	Ruhr Festival	Dir: David Pountney
MOSES AND ARON 2006	Bayerische Staatsoper	Dir: David Pountney
GOTTERDAMERUNG 2006	Royal Opera House	Dir: Keith Warner
L'ETOILE 2006	Opernhaus Zurich	Dir: David Pountney
PETER GRIMES 2005	Opernhaus Zurich	Dir: David Pountney
MASKARADE 2005	Royal Opera House	Dir: David Pountney
MAGIC FLUTE 2005	Volksoper Wien	Dir: Helmuth Lohner
SIEGFRIED 2005	Royal Opera House	Dir: Keith Warner
DIE WALKURE 2005	Royal Opera House	Dir: Keith Warner
DAS RHEINGOLD 2004	Royal Opera House	Dir: Keith Warner
THE GREEK PASSION 2004	Royal Opera House	Dir: David Pountney
WEST SIDE STORY 2004	Bregenzer Festspiele	Dir: Francesca Zambello
THE DWARF & THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS 2004	Opera North Leeds Sadlers Wells	Dir: David Pountney Winner: South Bank Show Award
JENUFA (transfer) 2003	OLBE ABAO Bilbao	Dir: David Pountney
BOCCACCIO 2003	Volksoper Wien	Dir: Helmuth Lohner
WEST SIDE STORY 2003	Bregenzer Festspiele	Dir: Francesca Zambello
JULIETTA 2003	Opera North Leeds	Dir: David Pountney
GUILLAUME TELL 2003	Bastille Opera Paris	Dir: Francesca Zambello
WEST SIDE STORY 2003	Bregenzer Festspiele	Dir: Francesca Zambello
WOZZECK 2002	Royal Opera House	Dir: Keith Warner
TURANDOT 2002	Salzburg Festival	Dir: David Pountney
JENUFA 2002	Vienna State Opera	Dir: David Pountney
THERESE RAQUIN 2001	Dallas Opera	Set & Costume Designer Dir: Francesa Zambello
MACBETH 2001	Opernhaus Zurich	Dir: David Pountney
LA CLEMENZA DI TITO 2001	Opera National du Rhin	Dir: David Pountney
VERDI REQUIEM 2000	English National Opera	Dir: Phyllida Lloyd
NABUCCO 2000	English National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
NAPOLEON 2000	Shaftesbury Theatre	Dir: Francesca Zambello
FAUST 2000	Bayerische Staatsoper	Dir: David Pountney
DER FREISCHUTZ 1999	English National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
THE GREEK PASSION 1999	Bregenzer Festspiele/	Dir: David Pountney
KATYA KABANOVA 1999	Bayerische Staatsoper	Dir: David Pountney
SALAMMBO 1999	Bastille Opera Paris	Dir: Francesca Zambello
ANGEL MAGICK 1998	BBC Proms/Salisbury	Dir: David Pountney
THE TURN OF THE SCREW 1998	La Monnaie Brussels	Dir: Keith Warner
RIENZI 1997	Vienna State Opera	Dir: David Pountney
JULIETTA 1997	Opera North Leeds	Dir: David Pountney Winner: Martinû Foundation Medal Nominee: Barclays Theatre Award, 1998
AS YOU LIKE IT 1997	Nottingham Playhouse	Dir: David Pountney
CARMEN 1996	Teatro Reggio Turin	Set & Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
LA MAISON DES MORTS 1996	Opera du Rhin	Set & Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
THE NOSE 1996	De Nederlandse Opera	Dir: David Pountney
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA 1996	Berlin State Opera	Dir: Keith Warner
CARMEN 1995	Seattle Opera	Dir: Keith Warner
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW 1995	RSC	Dir: Gale Edwards
THE FAIR AT SOROCHINTSI 1995	Royal College of Music,	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
THE ADVENTURES OF MR BROUCEK 1995	Bavarian State Opera (Munich)E.N.O.	Dir: David Pountney
CARMEN 1994	Houston Grand Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
THE BARBER OF SEVILLE 1993	Glimmerglass Opera,	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
LA BETE HUMAINE 1993	Nottingham Playhouse	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Pip Broughton
CARMEN 1993	Portland Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
THE ADVENTURES OF MR BROUCEK 1992	English National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
CARMEN 1991	Minnesota Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
PELLEAS & MELISANDE 1990	English National Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: David Pountney
THE ADVENTURES OF MR BROUCEK 1992	English National Opera	Dir: David Pountney
IL TROVATORE 1989	Dortmund Opera House	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
FALSTAFF 1989	English National Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: David Pountney
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE 1989	d'Oyly Carte	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
BEING ALIVE 1989	Drury Lane Theatre/	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
PACIFIC OVERTURES 1987	English National Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
CARMEN 1987	Hessisches/ Staats Theatre Wiesbaden	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Julian Hope
THE STONE GUEST 1987	English National Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
LA BOHEME 1986	English Touring Opera	Co-Designer Dir: Graham Vick
IOLANTHE 1986	Scottish Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
NOYE'S FLUDDE 1986	Brighton Festival	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Rebecca Meitlis
MOSES 1986	English National Opera	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
TOSCA 1985	Scottish Opera-Go-Round	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Keith Warner
LA WALLY 1985	Wexford Opera Festival	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Stefan Janski

Other

Production	Company	Notes
AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS 2001	BBC Wales	Dir: Francesca Zambello
THE BIG ONE 1991	Hat Trick Prods / Channel Four	Dir: John Henderson
LE PRE-AUX-CLERCS 1985	John Lewis Partnership	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Malcolm Hunter
YVONNA, PRINCESS OF BURGUNDY 1984	The Mic Theatre Bucharest	Set Designer Dir: Catalina Buzoianu Winner: Best Scene Designer, Association of Romanian Artist’s Prize 1984
THE DRAGON 1981	Festival of Youth Theatre	Set and Costume Designer Dir: Victor Frunza Winner: Best Design Award, Piatra-Neamt