Opera Short #6, inspired by ’O soave fanciulla’ from La bohème

One of six opera animations in our 2014 Opera Shorts series. Opera Short #6 was created by Dahye Kim & Alice Cui, students on the Illustration and Animation course at Kingston University. Set to the duet ’O soave fanciulla’ from La bohème, the animation expresses a story through silhouettes that appear like sound waves. We invited a group of students into the Royal Opera House to immerse themselves in what opera is and how it is made. The resulting films are sometimes about the art form and sometimes ab