Grange Park Opera

Marie-Jeanne was born in Bucharest, where she studied at the Beaux Arts Institute and now lives in London.

She has collaborated extensively with Sir David Pountney all over the world, most recently in Leipzig, Chicago, Milan, Strasbourg, Bonn,Warsaw, Lisbon and Cardiff, and has worked with Keith Warner for projects including Ring Cycle and Wozzeck (Winner: Outstanding New Opera Production, Olivier Awards; Royal Opera House); Francesca Zambello for West Side Story (Bregenz Festival), Guillaume Tell and Salammbo (Opéra National de Paris), Therese Raquin (Dallas Opera / San Diego Opera); Helmuth Lohner The Magic Flute and Bocaccio (Volksoper Wien); Beate Vollack Romeo et Juliette (St Gallen) and Phyllida Lloyd for a staged Verdi Requiem (ENO). She has a great interest in puppets and designed the puppets for Die Zauberflöte (Bregenz), Un ballo in maschera (Zurich), i Vespiri Siciliani and la Forza del Destino ( Bonn/Cardiff) and was part of the British team that won The Golden Triga at the Prague Quadriennale.