Helen Gifford sees her Exile IPad opera for the first time

The worlds first iPad opera meets the composer for the first time.


EXILE
an Aphids, Chamber Made Opera and Speak Percussion
after Euripide's Iphigenia in Taurus

Helen Gifford, Composer
Richard Meredith, Librettist

Margaret Cameron, Director
Champagne Valentine, Anita Fontaine & Geoff Lillemon, Multimedia Artists
Brett Kelly, Conductor
Deborah Kayser, Soprano
Chris Clark, Piccolo & Clay Flute
Nicole Canham, Clarinet
Aviva Endean, Clarinet
Karen Heath, Bass Clarinet
Ken Murray, Mandolin
Speak Percussion: Eugene Ughetti, Peter Neville, Matthias Schack-Arnott

LIVE EXCERPT
An excerpt from EXILE will be performed at the Peggy Glanville Hicks Address which this year is being delivered by renowned conductor Simone Young. Presented by the New Music Network.
7:30pm Wed 11 August 2010
BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne

RADIO BROADCAST
EXILE will be broadcast live on ABC Classic FM's In Performance program during November 2010.

iPAD APP
The EXILE iPad application will be launched in December 2010


The world's first iPad opera.

Set on a desolate coastline, Helen Gifford's exquisite chamber opera, EXILE, explores the psychological state of Iphigenia as she reflects on her time as a high priestess of human sacrifices.

EXILE is the ultimate and dramatic combining of Greek tragedy, chamber opera, advanced digital media, new mobile technologies and contemporary music.

EXILE features acclaimed soprano Deborah Kayser with an ensemble of percussionists, clarinets, piccolo and mandolin, with pre- recorded mandolin-guitar and women's chorus.

EXILE combines operatic performance with the extraordinarily textured and layered virtual gaming visuals by cult new media artists Champagne Valentine (Amsterdam).

EXILE was recorded in front of a live audience in June this year at the Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank Centre by ABC Classic FM.

EXILE will be transformed into an interactive music-video iPad application in Amsterdam by Champagne Valentine and launched online in December this year.

This project is supported through Aphids by the City of Melbourne, Arts Victoria, Sweet Design and private donations (thank you!).

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