A RELEASE CREATIVE PRODUCTION

Silver Rain: Illuminated Opera

Conceived by: Ruth Blythman

Produced by: Ruth Blythman and Zac Tyler

Performed by: Ruth Blythman, Kirilie Blythman and Jacob Abela

Projection artwork by: Michael Carmody

Commissioned by: White Night Melbourne, City of Melbourne and Creative Victoria

Silver Rain is a large scale projection-mapped three-hour operatic song cycle originally commissioned by White Night Festival performed to an audience of 15,000 at St Paul’s Cathedral and later invited for presentation at Geelong Town Hall. Silver Rain is an aurally stunning piece that morphs the traditional concert hall into country fields, city landscapes and pillows of clouds.

Vibrant images spread across iconic architecture as sisters and award-winning opera vocalists, Kirilie and Ruth Blythman come together to sing the music of Ricky Ian Gordon set to poems by some of America’s most iconic poets including Langston Hughes, Dorothy Parker and Emily Dickinson. With direction by Zac Tyler and projection art by Michael Carmody, this Australian work creates a truly immersive and evocative way to experience classical music in a contemporary context.

This work is designed to be a flexible, adaptive, inclusive and accessible way for audiences to experience classical music.

Images Sarah Walker

Footage Moccasin Films and Raven Air