Marie-Jeanne Lecca was born and educated in Bucharest, she now lives in London. Her set and costume designs include: Thérèse Raquin (World Premiere in Dallas), Falstaff, The Stone Guest, Pelléas & Mélisade (ENO) and Carmen (Houston, Seattle, Minnesota). Recent costume designs include: Frau ohne Schatten (Opernhaus Zürich), Carmen (Bolskoi Opera), Khovanschina (Welsh National Opera), Die Soldaten (Ruhr Triennale), the Ring Cycle, Wozzeck, The Greek Passion (Royal Opera House – joint winner Olivier Award), Julietta, The Dwarf and Seven Deadly Sins (Opera North, South Bank Show Award), Moses und Aron, Faust, Katya Kabanova (Bayerische Staatsoper Munich), Maskarade, West Side Story (Bregenzer Festspiele), Turandot (Salzburger Festspiele) Agrippina, La Juive, L’Étoile, Peter Grimes, Macbeth (Opernhaus Zürich), Jenufa and Rienzi (Wiener Staatsoper), Salambo (Opéra national de Paris), The Turn of the Screw (La Monnaie, Brussels), The Nose (De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam), Der Freischütz, The Adventures of Mr. Brouček (ENO). She received the Martinu-Medal for Julietta and The Greek Passsion and was nominated by "Opernwelt" magazine as "Costume Designer of the Year" for Maskarade. Her theatre work includes sets and costumes for As You Like It and La Bête Humaine (Nottingham Playhouse) and costumes for The Taming of the Shrew (RSC) and Napoleon (West End). She was part of the British team that won the "Golden Triga" at Prague Quadriennale, 2003.