The brief! To evoke the power and passion of opera.

Our animation director, Andrew Newland, worked with agency FEDERATION to devise 4 vignettes, each in a different animation style and highlighting a unique human emotion, which together illustrate the wide palette and sheer power of opera as an art form.

These different animation styles, from a photo-real face to half-tone illustration, were stitched together to form a seamless, continuous experience.

Through the eye of our opera viewer we begin a journey from reality to literal flights of fantasy.

Liquid Studios recorded with four of NZ Opera's top singers to provide the incredible re-arrangement and sound mix.