Musicals and Events - MusicalVienna (2024)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Music & Book & Orchestration

Andrew Lloyd Webber has composed some of the world's most famous musicals, and his shows have now been running in London's West End without interruption for 50 years. With SUNSET BOULEVARD, SCHOOL OF ROCK, CATS and PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, he equalled Rodgers & Hammerstein's record of four simultaneous Broadway shows. He is one of the few artists to have received Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony awards, achieving what is known as EGOT status. Lloyd Webber owns six theatres in London, including the iconic London Palladium and Theatre Royal Drury Lane. The latter reopened in July 2021 after a £60 million restoration and renovation. This is one of the largest projects undertaken by a private theatre owner in recent history, in line with his mantra that every penny of profit from his theatres should be ploughed back into the buildings. Lloyd Webber is passionate about the importance of music education and diversity in the arts. The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation awards 30 scholarships each year to talented and financially needy students and supports a number of projects such as the ‘Music In Secondary School Trust’ and also commissions research on diversity in theatre. Andrew Lloyd Webber composed anthems for the 1978 Football World Cup in Argentina and for two Olympic ceremonies, including ‘Amigos Para Siempre’, the official song of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He wrote ‘Let Us Love In Peace’ in the wake of the attacks on the World Trade Center. He co-wrote and performed ‘Sing’ with Gary Barlow for the Diamond Jubilee Concert, held to mark the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, and curated music theatre performances for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Concert in June 2022. In May 2023, a new anthem composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber was played at the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III.

Cameron Mackintosh

Producer

Cameron Mackintosh has been putting on shows since 1967 and is still considered the most prolific musical producer in theatre history. He has not only produced three of the longest-running musicals in the world – LES MISÉRABLES, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and CATS – but also legendary musicals such as MISS SAIGON, OLIVER!, MARY POPPINS (in co-production with Disney), SIDE BY SIDE BY SONDHEIM, LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, SONG AND DANCE, TOMFOOLERY, MARTIN GUERRE, THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK and FIVE GUYS NAMED MOE. His acclaimed productions of MY FAIR LADY, OKLAHOMA! and CAROUSEL were all international successes, as were his new productions of LES MISÉRABLES, MISS SAIGON and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Cameron Mackintosh is also co-producing HAMILTON in London and on UK tour alongside Jeffrey Seller. In 2013, Cameron Mackintosh, along with Working Title Films and Universal, produced the highly successful, Oscar®, Golden Globe and BAFTA-winning adaptation of LES MISÉRABLES, which is one of the most successful film adaptations of an original stage musical. To celebrate its 10th anniversary, the film will be re-released with a new Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision mix for a limited number of theatrical screenings in 2024. A new 4K Blu-ray disc and iTunes download version of the film will also be released. The concert version of LES MISÉRABLES, first performed at Domain Park in Sydney in 1989, has proved as successful as the original musical version and will soon return to stages around the world as a highly anticipated arena tour. The concert production of LES MISÉRABLES has been recorded three times – at the Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena and the Gielgud Theatre. The filmed concert is shown repeatedly on TV and in cinemas around the world, and, like its spectacular production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the Royal Albert Hall, it regularly breaks attendance records for live music theatre recordings. Cameron Mackintosh owns and operates eight historic theatres in London, all of which have been spectacularly renovated and adapted for the 21st century. They are home to many of London's most successful hit shows. The Sondheim Theatre, formerly known as the Queen's, now boasts a magnificent auditorium and backstage facilities and has been renamed in honour of Mackintosh's important friend, the recently deceased theatre legend Stephen Sondheim. The last show Sondheim and Mackintosh worked on, OLD FRIENDS, premiered in 2022, first on stage and then on television as a sensational all-star gala, recently ending an acclaimed run at the Gielgud Theatre in London, starring Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga. In 1990 Mackintosh launched the Oxford University St Catherine's College Contemporary Theatre Chair, with Stephen Sondheim as the first incumbent. Music Theatre International, the world's largest second-use rights holder for many of the most important musicals ever written, is now one of his companies. Cameron Mackintosh was knighted in 1996 for his services to British theatre and was honoured with a Freedom of the City of London award in June 2023. He is the first British producer to be inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame on Broadway.

Charles Hart

Lyrics

Charles Hart writes texts for music. His operatic works include MARX IN LONDON (Jonathan Dove, Stadttheater Bonn), BENVENUTO CELLINI (Hector Berlioz, English National Opera) and DER VAMPYR (Heinrich Marschner, BBC TV). His musical works include: BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM (Howard Goodall, Phoenix Theatre), ASPECTS OF LOVE (Andrew Lloyd Webber, Prince of Wales Theatre) and DAS PHANTOM DER OPER (Andrew Lloyd Webber, His Majesty's Theatre). His songs include ‘Seventeen’ (Claude-Michel Schönberg, sung by Russell Watson), ‘Goodbye For Now’ (Richard Rodney Bennett, sung by Claire Martin) and ‘I Live This Life For Me’ (Sylvester Levay/Michael Kunze, sung by Pia Douwes). He has also written both the lyrics and music for the Granada TV comedies ‘Watching’ (sung by Emma Wray) and ‘Split Ends’ (sung by Anita Dobson), as well as creating a song cycle for BBC Radio: ‘Love Songs’ (sung by Mary-Louise Clark). Charles Hart has won two Ivor Novello Awards, been nominated twice for a Tony Award and once for an Academy Award. He was born in London, studied in Maidenhead and Cambridge, and lives and works in West London and East Anglia.

Richard Stilgoe

Additional lyrics and book

Richard Stilgoe was active as a performer and writer in all forms of the performing arts for 60 years. He wrote texts for CATS, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE MAGISTRATE and ROAD RAGE, as well as music and texts for BODYWORK, BRILLIANT THE DINOSAUR and ORPHEUS – THE MYTHICAL. He has been honoured for his radio work with the New York Radio Festival Gold Award, three Monaco Festival Prizes and the Prix Italia. In 1997, he founded the Orpheus Centre in Surrey, where young people with disabilities are prepared for independent living through a series of performing arts courses. In 1998, he was High Sheriff of Surrey and was awarded an OBE (Order of the British Empire) in the same year. He owns and drives a JCB and has five children and 13 grandchildren. At the suggestion of the Alchemy Foundation, Richard Stilgoe was included in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List and knighted for his charitable work.

Michael Kunze

German version

Michael Kunze comes from an Austrian family, was born in Prague and grew up in Germany. After studying law and earning his doctorate, he began working as a songwriter. When he was dissatisfied with the production of his songs, he produced them himself. He quickly became a successful songwriter and an internationally known pop producer. Over six hundred chart successes, including two number one hits in America, earned him 79 gold and platinum records, an Echo Lifetime Award and the US Grammy. Stars who owe him hits include Gilbert Bécaud, Peter Alexander, Nana Mouskouri, Gitte Haenning, Peter Maffay, Julio Iglesias and Sister Sledge. He also penned over 100 Udo Jürgens lyrics, including "Griechischer Wein" and "Ich war noch niemals in New York". In addition, he developed lasting TV formats and wrote, among other things, the "Peter Alexander Show" for ORF. In the 1980s, he moved from the recording studio to the theater. Initially, he worked on German adaptations of international musical successes such as EVITA, CATS, DAS PHANTOM DER OPER, Disney's DER GLÖCKNER VON NOTRE DAME, DER KÖNIG DER LÖWEN, MAMMA MIA! and WICKED. He has been developing original musicals since the 1990s. Already with his first work ELISABETH (music: Sylvester Levay), he advanced to become the internationally most performed German-language playwright. His subsequent works TANZ DER VAMPIRE (Jim Steinman), MOZART!, REBECCA, LADY BESS and MARIE ANTOINETTE (all set to music by Sylvester Levay) also became international successes. He is considered the creator of the DramaMusical, a new genre of musical theater. He was the only librettist from the German-speaking world to reach Broadway. His pop oratorios DIE ZEHN GEBOTE and LUTHER (music: Dieter Falk) filled large European halls. In 2017, his work DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE (music: Dario Farina) was shown at the Ronacher. His musical MATTERHORN (music: Albert Hammond), premiered in St. Gallen in 2018, deals with the highly topical subject of the threat to nature posed by man. His works have been and are being performed in Paris, Moscow, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo. In addition to musical librettos, he has written several non-fiction books, a play about Bertolt Brecht's wife (LENYA), political cabaret texts for the Munich Lach- und Schießgesellschaft, and the book for the opera RAOUL (music: Gershon Kingsley). In addition, Michael Kunze is the author of scientific treatises and books of legal history. The Göttingen Academy of Sciences honored him for this in 2016 with the Brothers Grimm Medal. He is currently working on a non-fiction book on legal history entitled DAS UNSICHTBARE RECHT. Michael Kunze is a member of the US Dramatists Guild, Inc.

David Cullen

ORCHESTRATION

David Cullenstudied with Howard Ferguson and Richard Rodney Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music (London), and subsequently worked as a keyboarder, composer, music producer and arranger. He achieved international recognition with his orchestration of musicals by Andrew Lloyd Webber, including CATS, STARLIGHT EXPRESS, SONG AND DANCE, ASPECTS OF LOVE, SUNSET BOULEVARD, BY JEEVES, WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE WOMAN IN WHITE and LOVE NEVER DIES. Other musicals he has orchestrated include ABBACADABRA, CHILDREN OF EDEN, SHŌGUN – THE MUSICAL, STEPPING OUT – THE MUSICAL, EDNA – THE SPECTACLE and several London revivals, including CAN-CAN, THE BAKER’S WIFE, CARMEN JONES, PARADE and THE WIZARD OF OZ. He won a New York Drama Desk Award for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and was nominated for ASPECTS OF LOVE. In 1999, he was nominated for a Tony Award for SWAN LAKE. His studio recordings include the King’s Sisters’ “America album”, Kiri te Kanawa’s “Christmas with Kiri” and Shirley Bassey’s “I Am What I Am”. He has arranged and produced two albums for Cantabile and Julian Lloyd Webber. David Cullen also orchestrates films and television, including the TV shows “Relative Strangers”, “Surgical Spirit” and “The Bretts”, and film versions of “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Cats”, “Evita” und “The Phantom of the Opera”. He also orchestrated the Disney films “Geppetto” and “Cinderella”.

Laurence Connor

Direction

Director: BAD CINDERELLA (Broadway); SAVING GRACE (Riverside Studios); CINDERELLA (Gillian Lynne Theatre); JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (London Palladium, UK Tour, Australia, Canada); CHESS (English National Opera); UNMASKED (The Other Palace); MISS SAIGON (Broadway, West End, US Tours, UK tours, Australia, Japan and Korea); SCHOOL OF ROCK (Broadway, West End, US tour, Australia, China and Korea); LES MISÉRABLES (Broadway, US tour, UK tour, Australia, Japan, Korea and Spain); JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (UK and Australian arena tour); PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (UK and US tour); OLIVER! (UK tour). He also directed the 25th anniversary concerts of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the Royal Albert Hall and the 25th anniversary of LES MISÉRABLES at the O2 Arena in London. Both productions were simultaneously broadcast in cinemas worldwide and subsequently released on DVD. DVD recordings: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR (world arena tour); 25th anniversary concert of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Royal Albert Hall), LES MISÉRABLES (O2 Arena) and MISS SAIGON (Prince Edward Theatre). Awards: MISS SAIGON (Broadway - Tony nomination for Best Revival, UK – Manchester Evening News Award for Best Touring Musical, Korea – Best New Foreign Production and Best Ensemble in a Musical, and Australia – Green Room Award for Best Musical Director) and LES MISÉRABLES (UK – Best Musical at the Manchester Evening News Awards).

Seth Sklar-Heyn

DIRECTION VIENNA

Seth Sklar-Heyn has been an Executive Producer at Cameron Mackintosh Inc. for North American projects since 2013 and has worked on all current Broadway and touring productions of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (also as Production Supervisor and Associate Director), MISS SAIGON (also as Associate Director) and LES MISÉRABLES (including the current tour since 2022). Seth directed the 2020 UK and Ireland tour production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and the current West End production, which resumed at London's His Majesty's Theatre in 2021 (both productions based on the original Harold Prince staging). He also directed the Australian premiere of Cameron Mackintosh's new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne in 2022 (based on the original production by Laurence Connor). Seth previously directed the North American tours of FROST/NIXON, starring Stacy Keach and Alan Cox, and EVITA (both based on the original productions by Michael Grandage). He has also worked as associate or assistant director on many other Broadway productions, including: EVITA, A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, FINIAN'S RAINBOW, GOOD VIBRATIONS, MARY STUART, ROCK ‘N’ ROLL, FROST/NIXON and THE COAST OF UTOPIA. He was also the Resident Director of the second US tour of BILLY ELLIOT. Seth Sklar-Heyn is a graduate of Vassar College.

Scott Ambler

Choreographie

Scott Ambler has been a member of Matthew Bourne's ensemble since 1991 and has created many roles, including the Prince in SWAN LAKE. His choreographies include: THE HOSTAGE (Royal Shakespeare Company); MRS HARTLEY AND THE GROWTH CENTRE (BBC); I GIGANTI DELLA MONTAGNE and LA CALISTO (Musica nel Chiostro – Batignano); THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (Garsington); TIME AND THE CONEWS (National Theatre); ENRON ( Chichester/Royal Court/West End/Broadway); Stephen Sondheim's PASSION (Donmar Warehouse); EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON (National Theatre/UK Tour); LORD OF THE FLIES (New Adventures - Theatre Royal Glasgow); THE MERCHANT OF VENICE (Royal Shakespeare Company); DECADE (Headlong); THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (UK Tour); CHARIOTS OF FIRE (Hampstead/Gielgud – Olivier Award Nomination); RICHARD II (BBC); THE GYPSY BARON (Stadttheater Klagenfurt); THIS HOUSE (National Theatre); #AIWW: THE ARREST OF AI WEIWEI (Hampstead); CANDIDE (Royal Shakespeare Company); W ONDERLAND (Hampstead); OPPENHEIMER (Royal Shakespeare Company/Vaudeville); THE WASP (Hampstead Downstairs/Trafalgar Studios); KING JOHN (Royal and Derngate/Shakespeare's Globe); PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (Sheffield Crucible); MEDEA (Almeida); HAPGOOD (Hampstead). Scott Ambler was an Associate Artist with Matthew Bourne's dance company New Adventures. In March 2018, he was honoured with the permanent title of Founder Artistic Associate by Matthew Bourne and New Adventures.

Matthew Bourne

Production Supervision und Additional Staging

Sir Matthew Bourne is widely regarded as Britain's most popular and successful choreographer and director. In 2012, he celebrated his 25th anniversary in the profession. During this time, he has staged and choreographed for musical theatre, opera, theatre and film, as well as for his own highly successful and award-winning dance companies. Matthew Bourne also created the longest-running dance production in the world, is a five-time Olivier Award winner and the only British director to have received the Tony Award for both Best Choreography and Best Musical Direction. In addition, he has already won over 30 international awards, for example, he followed in the footsteps of Dame Margot Fonteyn by being the only person other than her to receive the Hamburg Shakespeare Prize for the Arts in the dance category. He was also the first in the arts to win the British Inspiration Award. He was not only honoured with the Special Theatre Managers Association Award for his achievements in dance touring and audience development, but in 2001 he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his services to dance. In January 2014, Matthew Bourne received the De Valois Award for his life's work. Matthew Bourne began his training at the relatively advanced age of 22. He studied dance theatre and choreography at the Laban Centre and completed his training in 1985. As the artistic director of his first dance company – Adventures in Motion Pictures – he created many award-winning works between 1987 and 2002. The most iconic of these were revived for New Adventures, a project launched in 2002 by Matthew Bourne and co-director Robert Noble. Now the most successful and active dance company in the UK, New Adventures has become a major force in British dance and its export worldwide. Matthew Bourne's classic musical choreographies include Cameron Mackintosh's productions of OLIVER! (Olivier Award nominations in 1994 and 2009), MY FAIR LADY (Olivier Award in 2002) and the National Theatre revival of SOUTH PACIFIC in 2002. In 2004, Matthew Bourne co-directed with Richard Eyre and co-choreographed with Stephen Mear the West End smash hit musical MARY POPPINS. For this production, he received the Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer and two Tony Award nominations.

Nina Goldman

Associate Choreographie

Since the 2013 US tour, associate choreographer for DAS PHANTOM DER OPER. Assistant and associate to choreographer Arthur Pita (NUTCRACKER, Ballet de l'Opéra Paris; THE TENANT, Joyce Theater). On stage, she could be seen in, among others, Garsington Opera's production of TOD IN VENEDIG, Susan Stroman's THE LITTLE DANCER (Kennedy Center), on Broadway in, among others, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, CONTACT, Matthew Bourne's SWAN LAKE, THE RED SHOES and in THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. Off-Broadway performances at Lincoln Center, City Center and The Public Theater. Nina created the role of Mrs. Samsa in Pita's THE METAMORPHOSIS (London's Royal Opera House). Other performances: THE SHAPE SHE MAKES (American Repertory Theater) and Bournes SWAN LAKE, THE CAR MAN and EDWARD SCISSORHANDS. Other works: Signature Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center, NY Theater Workshop, Great Lakes Theater Festival, Manhattan Theater Club, the series ‘Altogether Different’, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Feld Ballets/NY, National Ballet of Canada; TV: ‘Fame’, OSCAR and TONY broadcasts. Assistant to Stroman's ballet productions for NYCB and PNB, Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, Cedar Lake Dance Company. Teaching experience: Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College, Princeton University, Juilliard School, Barnard College, Gibney Dance Center, Steps NYC, Peridance, Joffrey Ballet School, Gibney Dance Company, Joyce Theater's Ballet Festival, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Brooklyn Ballet, Cedar Lake Dance, Random Dance, Rambert, New Adventures Dance Companies, among others. Nina holds a Master's degree from Hunter College's Arnold Graduate Dance Education Program and a Bachelor of Arts from Empire State College.

Alfonso Casado Trigo

Musical Supervisor

Alfonso is regularly invited to work as a freelance musical director and musical supervisor in the West End, with major orchestras in the UK and abroad. He works as a musical director for film, television and games (most recently: ‘Jingle Jangle’, ‘Christmas Chronicles 2’, ‘Thunder Force’, ‘Halo’, ‘The Croods 2’, ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’, ‘Nightmare Alley’ etc.), for music theatre, symphonic music and musical productions, as well as a composer for games, advertising and film. Regular collaborations include orchestras such as BBCCO, ROSS, OBC, CBSO, Bournemouth Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Halle Orchestra, Royal Northern Symphonia, London Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Orquesta de la Ópera del Liceo. Recent projects as a freelance conductor: OLD FRIENDS (Sondheim Theatre, London) with Petula Clark, Bernadette Peters, Damian Lewis and Dame Judi Dench (nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award for best musical direction), DISNEY'S FANTASIA live in Seville with the ROSS, MY FAIR LADY (The Grange Festival and Liceu Theatre in Barcelona). He is currently the worldwide musical supervisor for numerous Cameron Mackintosh shows and teaches at the Royal Academy of Music in London. Alfonso composed the music for the feature films ‘Venus’ and ‘Héroes de Barrio’ as well as jingles for Disney, Nickelodeon and advertising companies. His work in film and television includes the translation and direction of numerous Disney series into Spanish (‘Tangled’, ‘Fancy Nancy’, ‘TOPS’, ‘Mira Royal Detective’, ‘Gigantosaurus’, ‘Phineas and Ferb’, ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’, etc.) SpongeBob SquarePants’, etc.) He started directing professional shows in Madrid at the age of 20 and since then he has directed and supervised shows in Spain, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Germany, China, Brazil, etc. His greatest successes in musical theatre include LES MISÉRABLES (MD/Supervisor, Spain, Brazil, Tokyo, London, Dubai), MISS SAIGON (MD/Supervisor London, Tokyo, Vienna), PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (MD/ Supervisor London, UK Tour), MAMMA MIA! (MD Spain; Assist. Musical Supervisor international). He conducted the 25th anniversary gala of MISS SAIGON (released worldwide on DVD), LES MISÉRABLES – THE STAGED CONCERT at the Gielgud Theatre in London (also released worldwide on video) and was co-supervisor for the 30th anniversary gala of LES MISERABLES. In January 2018, he recorded an album of Spanish classical music with the BBCCO, alongside soloists Juan Pérez and Magdalena Llamas, and conducted the orchestra again in August 2018 for ‘Friday Night Is Music Night’. He has been honoured as the best musical director (LOS MISERABLES, Spain; MISS SAIGON, West End), among others (Broadwayworld Awards).

Paul Brown

STAGE IMAGE

Paul Brown was born in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. He received his training from Percy Harris (Motley Design Course). His theatre work includes: AS YOU DESIRE ME, THE COUNTRY WIFE, THE SEA, MARGUERITE (West End); THE TEMPEST, NAKED, RICHARD II, CORIOLAN, KING LEAR, PLATONOV (Almeida); THE EMPEROR AND THE GALILEE, THE FALSE MAID, OEDIPUS (National Theatre); HAMLET (Tokyo); GISELLE (La Scala). His opera credits include: TOSCA, MITRIDATE, RE DI PONTO, KING ARTHUR, FALSTAFF, I MASNADIERI, THE MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE (Royal Opera House); IOLANTHE, THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (ENO); OTELLO (Zurich); AIDA (Bregenz Festival); THE DRAWN (Teatro Massimo, Palermo); THE ELF QUEEN QUEEN OF THE ELVES, PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE, LULU, THE TURN OF THE SCREW, DON GIOVANNI (Glyndebourne Festival Opera); KING ARTHUR (Chatelet); LADY MACBETH OF MZENSK, MOSES UND ARON (Metropolitan Opera, New York); DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Salzburg); PETER GRIMES, PARSIFAL (Paris Opera Paris); DON CARLOS (Sydney); TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (Deutsche Oper, Berlin); RIGOLETTO (Madrid); THAÏS (Chicago); KATYA KABANOVA, LUCIO SILLA, THE TEMPEST, THE MARRIAGE OF FIGARO (Santa Fe); L'INCORONAZIONE DI POPPEA (Bologna); LA TRAVIATA (Arena di Verona); ANNA BOLENA ( Verona); MEPHISTOPHELES (Amsterdam); DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE (Bolshoi); DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN, ELEKTRA (Mariinsky, St. Petersburg); HE HAD IT COMING, FIDELIO (Birmingham Opera Company); TANNHÄUSER (San Francisco); ZÉMIRE ET AZOR, TOM JONES (Drottningholm Court Theatre); VANESSA (Los Angeles). His film credits include: ‘Up at the Villa’.

Maria Björnson®

COSTUME DESIGN AND ORIGINAL CONCEPT

Maria Björnson has designed numerous costumes for theatre, opera and ballet. In 1979 and 1988 she was part of the British theatre design team that was awarded the Golden Troika of the Prazké Quadriennale. In 1983 she received the silver medal of the Janacek Competition of the Prazké Quadriennale. In 1990, she was honoured with the title ‘The Observer's Experts’ Expert, the Designers‘ Designer’ in recognition of her achievements in theatre design. In 1999, she was awarded the 19th Franco-Abbiati Prize. She received numerous awards for her designs for PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, including two Tony Awards, two Outer Critics Circle Awards and two Los Angeles Drama Critics Awards, each for best costume and best set. At the time of her death, Maria had completed the designs for TROJAN HORSE (New York Met), THE LITTLE PRINCE (Houston Grand Opera) and the set for IL TROVATORE (Paris Opera). All three productions were directed by Francesca Zambello in 2003. Her work in the musical theatre includes: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Her Majesty's Theatre, Broadway, as well as nationally and internationally), ASPECTS OF LOVE (Prince of Wales Theatre and Broadway) and FOLLIES (Shaftesbury). In straight theatre: THE CHERRY ORCHARD (National Theatre), MASS FOR MASS, THE BLUE ANGEL, CAMILLE, HAMLET, THE STORM, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM and THE RUNNING OF THE WORLD (Royal Shakespeare Company), PLENTY, PHEDRE, BRITANNICUS, THE LULU PLAYS and CREDITORS (Almeida), CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (Lyric), THE LONELY ROAD (Old Vic), THE CHERRY ORCHARD (CHICHESTER Festival Theatre), VIEUX CARRÉ (Piccadilly), HEDDA GABLER (Duke of York's) and ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA (Globe). For the opera: DON GIOVANNI, SLEEPING BEAUTY, KATYA KABANOVA and THE ROSENKAVALIER (Royal Opera House), MACBETH (La Scala), THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY (Bastille Opera and Teatro del Maggio Musicale in Florence ), DON GIOVANNI (Musica nel Chiostro, Batignano), COSI FAN TUTTE (Glyndebourne), LE NOZZE DI FIGARO (Geneva), CARMEN, DIE WALKÜRE and TOUSSAINT L'OUVERTURE (ENO), DONNERSTAG AUS LICHT ( Royal Opera House, Stockhausen), THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Dutch Opera), Werther (Opera North), the Janáček cycle (Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera) and Don Giovanni, Hänsel und Gretel and Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Scottish Opera). Maria Björnson is a registered trademark of the Prodan Romanian Cultural Foundation and is used under licence.

David Harris

ADAPTATION AND COMPLEMENTARY STAGE DESIGN

David Harris is a London-based theatre designer who works in music theatre, interior architecture and exhibition design. He has been involved with DAS PHANTOM DER OPER since 2017 and has helped shape the revival of the London production, a tour of the UK and the production at the Sydney Opera House. David's designs include THE WILD PARTY and CITY OF ANGELS for the Royal Academy of Music, THE SOUND OF MUSIC in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, THIS IS THE HOUR at the Royal Academy of Music, HARDBOILED (nominated for an Offie Award for best design), DAVID COPPERFIELD and WRITER'S BLOCK for the Watermill Theatre and IDIOT-SYNCRACY, TAME GAME and CITY, each as international tours. As Associate Designer for Cameron Mackintosh, David has overseen LES MISÉRABLES in the West End, UK, US, Netherlands, Belgium, Tokyo, Mexico City, São Paulo, Singapore, Manila, Seoul and Daegu; MISS SAIGON at the Sydney Opera House, West End, Vienna, the UK tour and the current Asia tour; OLIVER! in Tokyo, and numerous West End productions including STEPHEN SONDHEIM'S OLD FRIENDS, the LES MISÉRABLES concert, HAMILTON and HALF A SIXPENCE. Other associate credits include TWELVE ANGRY MEN at the Birmingham Rep and in the West End, ANNIE and MAN OF LA MANCHA in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. He has worked as an assistant on over 40 theatre productions, including BARNUM, FUNNY GIRL, CHAPLIN, NOISES OFF, SISTER ACT and NO MAN'S LAND. Outside of theatre, David has designed the immersive exhibition on robotics at Medicine In Theatre in London, a coffee shop in a Wren church in the City of London and the restaurant Deli Ohio in Canton, Ohio.

Paule Constable

LIGHT DESIGN

Paule Constable is an award-winning lighting designer for theatre, dance and opera. She is an associate of the National Theatre and Matthew Bourne's dance company New Adventures. Her most recent theatre projects include: COLD WAR (Almeida Theatre), ROCK FOLLIES (Chichester Festival Theatre), THE CONFESSIONS (Avignon/Vienna/London), GUYS AND DOLLS (The Bridge), DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD (Complicite), DIXON AND DAUGHTERS, THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE , MASTER HAROLD AND THE BOYS, PERICLES, NINE NIGHT, FOLLIES (Olivier Award nominee, Knight of Illumination Award 2018), ANGELS IN AMERICA (Olivier Award nominee; also on Broadway, Tony Award nominee), MOSQUITOES, DIE DREIGROSCHENOPER, CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME (National/Apollo/Gielgud/Ethel Barrymore, NY/world tour) and WAR HORSE (National/New London/Vivian Beaumont, NY/world tour), LOCAL HERO (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh), Der Kirschgarten (Toneelgroep, Amsterdam). Also EAR FOR EYE, (Clybourne Park and West End), POSH, KRAPPS LAST TAPE, THE COUNTRY, DUBLIN CAROL and THE WEIR (Royal Court), LUISE MILLER, IVANOV, DER KREIDEGARTEN, OTHELLO, PROOF, THE LITTLE FOXES and BONDAGERS (Donmar Warehouse), HAPPY DAYS, FEAST, THE GOOD PERSON OF SZECHUAN, GENERATIONS and JESUS OF TEXAS (Young Vic), WOLF HALL (also West End and Broadway), THE PRINCE OF HOMBURG, THE SEAGULL and TALES FROM OVID (Royal Shakespeare Company), SEVENTEEN, HERONS, BLASTED and THREE SISTERS (Lyric). Her lighting designs for opera have been seen around the world. In the field of dance, she has designed the new production of SWAN LAKE as well as ROMEO AND JULIET, THE RED SHOES, SLEEPING BEAUTY, PLAY WITHOUT WORDS, DORIAN GRAY and HIGHLAND FLING for Matthew Bourne's company New Adventures. Paule Constable is a member of the Royal Society Designers for Industry. She has won the Oliver Award for best lighting design a record-breaking five times (for OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE, CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, DER KREIDEGARTEN, DON CARLOS and HIS DARK MATERIALS) and the Tony Award twice (for CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and WAR HORSE). She has also been honoured with the Knight of Illuminations Award for best lighting design for FOLLIES, SAINT JOAN and BARNUM, the LA Critics Circle Award for LES MISÉRABLES, WAR HORSE and SLEEPING BEAUTY, the New York Critics Circle Award and the Drama Desk Award for CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME and WAR HORSE, and the Australian Helpmann Award for LES MISÉRABLES in Sydney. Paule Constable was the first recipient of the Opera Award for Lighting and received the first Hospital Award for Contribution to Theatre.

Mick Potter

Sounddesign

Mick has designed the sound for numerous world premiere productions including: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (London, New York and worldwide), BOMBAY DREAMS (London, New York), THE WOMAN IN WHITE (London, New York), the largest ever production of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Las Vegas), the critically acclaimed West End production of EVITA (London, Broadway, Sydney Opera House and Australian tour), ZORRO THE MUSICAL (London, Paris and worldwide), Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit productions of THE SOUND OF MUSIC (London, Toronto, UK Tour , Asia, Australia ) and JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (London), SISTER ACT (London, Hamburg, Stuttgart, Barcelona, Berlin ), the world premiere of LOVE NEVER DIES (London, Melbourne and Sydney, Tokyo, Hamburg, US Tour, UK Tour), Andrew Lloyd Webber's new production of THE WIZARD OF OZ (London, Toronto, US Tour, Australia), the world premiere of BETTY BLUE EYES (London) , the LES MISÉRABLES 25th Anniversary Celebration (02 Arena London) , THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 25th Anniversary Celebration (Royal Albert Hall, London), Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (UK Tour, US Tour), the Broadway revival of EVITA (New York, US Tour, Australia, China), BARNUM (Chichester, UK Tour), Tim Rice’s FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (London), Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of MISS SAIGON (London, Tokyo, New York, UK Tour, US Tour and worldwide), Andrew Lloyd Webber's SCHOOL OF ROCK (New York, London, US Tour, Australia, China), SUNSET BOULEVARD (English National Opera, London, New York), CATS Broadway revival (New York, US Tour), HALF A SIXPENCE (Chichester, London), CAROUSEL ( English National Opera, London), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 30 th Anniversary celebration (New York), CHESS (English National Opera, London), New International Tour THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (Worldwide 2019), MAN OF LA MANCHA (English National Opera, London), THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Royal Festival Hal l), LLES MISÉRABLES – THE STAGED CONCERT (Gielgud Theatre London), LES MISÉRABLES (Sondheim Theatre London), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (UK Tour 2020). Mick create d all new sound designs for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (London, New York, worldwide) and all new sound designs for LES MISÉRABLES (New York , worldwide, and most recently at the newly named Sondheim Theatre London).

Zakk Hein

PROJECTIONS

His work for the spoken theatre includes: UNCANNY: I KNOW WHAT I SAW (UK Tour); THE VANISHING ROOM (Frankfurt); AFTER THE ACT (New Diorama/Edinburgh Traverse); THE BAND'S VISIT (Donmar Warehouse, London); TWO PALESTINIANS GO DOGGING (Royal Court); LA BELLE SAUVAGE: THE BOOK OF DUST, A CHRISTMAS CAROL (co-design with Luke Halls, The Bridge); THE INCIDENT ROOM, SECRET LIFE OF HUMANS (New Diorama); THE WRITER (Almeida); OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS (Hampstead Theatre); THE EFFECT, LOOKING THROUGH GLASS (The Other Room); A GOOD CLEAN HEART (Wales Millennium Centre/Tour). Selected opera productions include: LA TRAVIATA (Paris Opera; Wiener Staatsoper); SILENT CITY (Matera, European Capital of Culture); ARIODANTE (Royal College of Music); PELLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE, THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (English Touring Opera). As assistant: DISNEYS AIDA (AFAS Circustheater; Scheveningen); Frameless Gallery (Marble Arch; London); The Poem Pavilion, UK, Expo 2020; Masterclass by Es Devlin; FOREST OF US (Superblue, Miami); TALKING HEADS, ALYS, ALWAYS, MY NAME IS LUCY BARTON (Bridge Theatre); DEN GLADE ENKE 2. 0, HOBBITTEN (KGL, Copenhagen); MICHAEL KOHLHAAS (Schaubühne, Berlin); MARY POPPINS, FROZEN, EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE (West End); THE LEHMAN TRILOGY (National Theatre/NY/West End), THE GREAT WAVE, UGLY LIES THE BONE (National Theatre); Epic Iran, Alice : Curioser & Curioser, The Singing Tree (V&A Museum); THE BAND (Berlin/West End/Tour); LOCAL HERO (Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh); SHIPWRECK (Almeida); PELLE EROBREREN (Østre Gasværk Teater); GIRLS & BOYS (Royal Court/New York); DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS (Sheffield Theatre). Zakk is an associate of Luke Hall's studio.

Paul Kieve

CONSULTANT FOR ILLUSIONS

His film credits include: Wonka, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Disney's Snow White, Hugo Cabret (Martin Scorsese). On Broadway: GROUNDHOG DAY, FINDING NEVERLAND, MATILDA, GHOST – THE MUSICAL, PIPPIN and SIDE SHOW. In the West End (London): THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE WITCHES and ZORRO. Furthermore: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA/US tour, AWAKENING (Wynn Las Vegas), MICKEY & THE MAGICIAN (Disneyland Paris), BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Disney Dream). He has also worked as a consultant for the live shows of Derren Brown, Dynamo, David Blaine, David Copperfield, Penn & Teller, Adele and Kate Bush. Awards: New York Drama Desk Award (GHOST – THE MUSICAL). Creative Fellowship (Magic Castle, Hollywood) and the Maskelyne Award (Magic Circle, London). He is an associate artist at the Old Vic Theatre (London).

Rob Casey

ASSOCIATE LICHTDESIGN

Nic studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London and gained a BA (Hons.) in Theatre Sound. He began his career as a sound mixer, working on CML's MY FAIR LADY and MARY POPPINS, MARGUERITE and MAMMA MIA!, among others. He began his collaboration with Mick Potter as a mixer on the 25th anniversary tour of LES MISÉRABLES, and he was involved in the 25th anniversary concert (O2 Arena, London). For Mick Potter, he has mixed THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE WIZARD OF OZ, MISS SAIGON, HALF A SIXPENCE, THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (Royal Festival Hall), CAROUSEL, CHESS and SUNSET BOULEVARD (London Coliseum). Nic is associate designer for Mick Potter on THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA worldwide, with productions in London, New York, Sydney, Moscow, Oberhausen, Stockholm, São Paulo, Copenhagen, the world tour, the UK and Ireland tour, the South Korean tour and the new production in Vienna. Nic is also Mick's associate designer for LES MISÉRABLES worldwide, including productions in London, Spain, South Korea, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, São Paulo, Mexico City, the USA, the England/Europe tour and the Holland and Belgium tour; for MISS SAIGON in Sydney, Tokyo and Vienna; Sondheim's OLD FRIENDS in London and SCHOOL OF ROCK in South Korea.

Nic Gray

Associate Sounddesign

Nic studied at The Central School of Speech and Drama in London gaining a BA Honours in Theatre Sound. He started his career touring and in London as a sound mixer, including CML’s MY FAIRLADY and MARY POPPINS (UK Tours), MARGUERITE(London) and MAMMA MIA! (International Tour). Nic started his association with Mick Potter as the No. 1 mixer on the 25th Anniversary Tour of LES MISÉRABLES and was involved in the 25th Anniversary Concert (O2 Arena, London). For Mick, he has mixed THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA(25th Anniversary Tour), THE WIZARD OF OZ (London), MISS SAIGON(London) and HALF A SIXPENCE (London). He has also mixed SUNSET BOULEVARD,CAROUSEL and CHESS at the London Coliseum with the ENO Orchestra, and THE LIGHT IN THEPIAZZA at the Royal Festival Hall with the Opera North Orchestra. Nic is Associate Designer for Mick Potter on MISS SAIGON, with previous and upcoming productions in Japan, and is thrilled to be a part of this new production to premiere in Vienna. Also, for Mick, Nic is Associate Designer for LES MISÉRABLES worldwide including productions in Spain, South Korea, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, São Paulo, Mexico City, US Tour, UK / European Tour and London; and for THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERAworldwide including productions in Oberhausen, Stockholm, São Paulo, Copenhagen, World Tour, UK / Ireland Tour, London and New York.

Jill Parker

ASSOCIATE COSTUME DESIGN AND REVISION OF MARIA BJÖRNSON©S DESIGNS

Stefan Musch

WIG, HAIR AND MAKE-UP DESIGN

Born in Dinslaken, Stefan has lived in London for many years. In Germany he works as a make-up artist on the productions TABALUGA & LILI (Oberhausen), ELISABETH, Disney's AIDA and DAS PHANTOM DER OPER (Essen) and travels the country with the first German tour of CATS. For the stage adaptation of LORD OF THE RINGS he moves to London and is responsible for the special FX make-up.In the West End, engagements follow for WICKED, GONE WITH THE WIND, HAIRSPRAY, BILLY ELLIOT, WE WILL ROCK YOU, ENRON, RENT, THE WILD PARTY and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. He briefly works on SHREK, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS and THE BOOK OF MORMON in the United States and then brings these productions to London. As a designer or supervisor he works for: MISS SAIGON (London, Broadway, UK & International Tour), THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (London, Copenhagen, 25th Anniversary Gala at the Royal Albert Hall, UK & International Tour). Anniversary at the Royal Albert Hall, Australia, UK & World Tour), LES MISÉRABLES (London, concert performances, UK & Ireland Tour, Japan, South Korea, Spain, Australia and Dubai), SHREK (UK & Ireland Tour), KING LEAR (Chichester & London), FROZEN - THE PLAY (London), LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN (London), A ROOM WITH A VIEW (Royal Bath) and AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (London). Film works include: "The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall", "Les Misérables - The Staged Concert", "An American in Paris", "Lady Windermere's Fan", "King Lear" and "Miss Saigon", as well as the feature films "Maleficent" (Disney), "Flawless" and "The Merchant of Venice". He worked as a wig technician for the live-action adaptation of Disney's "Cinderella" and as a supervisor for Pablo Larrain's "Spencer".His television work includes: "Britain's Got Talent", ITV; "Children in Need", BBC; "This Morning", "The Paul O'Grady Show", ITV; "This Morning America in Paris", CBS; "Wetten Dass?!", ZDF. In 2014 and 2016 he worked on "The Royal Variety Show" for the British Royal Family.In 2012 he taught at the Delamar Academy at Ealing Film Studios. He also makes wigs for artists in the pop music scene and is awarded the Technical Theatre Award for Outstanding Performance in the category Wigs and Make-up in 2013.

CHRIS MARCUS & JONATHAN HALL

PROP SUPERVISORS FÜR MARCUS HALL PROPS

Bob Saunders & Stephanie Saunders

PROSTHETICS AND MASKS

Carsten Paap

MUSICAL DIRECTION

Carsten Paap studied church music, school music and music education at the University of Music Lübeck, majoring in organ, trombone and choral conducting, and graduated with distinction. He encountered the musical in 1997 at CATS in the Hamburg Operettenhaus, from where he continued in 1999 in Bremen with JEKYLL& HYDE as keyboardist and assistant musical director. In the same position he changed to MOZART! in Hamburg, where TITANIC - DAS MUSICAL and DIRTY DANCING followed. At the same time he conducted SONGS FOR A NEW WORLD on the Cap San Diego as well as ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS AND RAGING QUEENS at the Schmidt Theater Hamburg and conducted the Berlin production of TANZ DER VAMPIRE. His work in Vienna includes REBECCA, MUSICAL CHRISTMAS, JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, SISTER ACT, THE VISIT OF THE OLD LADY, MOZART!, MARY POPPINS, EVITA, DON CAMILLO & PEPPONE, I AM FROM AUSTRIA, BODYGUARD - THE MUSICAL, MISS SAIGON and THE LADY OF NOTRE DAME as well as musical direction for DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES and CATS. He was also Musical Director for the musical productions ANNIE (2012) and INTO THE WOODS(2014), which were created in collaboration with the Lower Austrian Music School Management. In May 2013 he was responsible for the premiere of the chamber opera JOIN! by Franz Koglmann at the Wiener Festwochen, and in September 2017 for the premiere of LIEBE SOPHIE and the EA of Anna Clyne's THIS MIDNIGHT HOUR (Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra).