Deborah KAYSER
soprano

Deborah's main areas in performance focus on Baroque music and contemporary works. She has recently been a solo guest artist with The Choir of Ormond College, Il Pastor Fido, Fiata Con Brio, The Melbourne Bach Orchestra and the Melbourne Chamber Orchestra. On the contemporary scene Deborah has premiered works by Australian composers David YOUNG, Helen GIFFORD and Liza LIM. Since 1993 she has been a regular performer with ELISION Ensemble, appearing both in Lim's opera The Oresteia directed by Barrie KOSKY, and in two cycles of the installation piece Bar-do'i-thos-grol, a work based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead and perfomed in Lismore and at The Festival of Perth. Deborah gave the first performance of German composer Volker HEYN's Nuuh or Max the Fiddler's Complaint, and has performed Michael SMETANIN's Skinless Kiss of Angels with ELISION Ensemble and appeared in his The Burrow with Chamber Made Opera.

Recently Deborah has taken part in Liza LIM's work The Cauldron--fusion of the 5 elements an installation piece for the Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art held in Brisbane during 1996, and joined with ELISION Ensemble for the premiere performance of Richard BARRETT's work Opening of the Mouth at the 1997 The Festival of Perth. Deborah is currently working with Double Bass player Nick TSAIVOS on building repertoire for soprano and bass.

May 1997