Qian Yi played
the lead role of the Swallow in the Kentucky
Opera’s 2005 production of Happy
Prince, a “puppet-driven adaptation” of an Oscar
Wilde story by the same name. This version of the Happy
Prince, intended for audiences 8-12 years old,
is a remake of a 1965 Malcolm Williamson opera for children. The fantastical
puppetry was designed and conceived by Amy Trompetter, a New York-based
artist and professor at Barnard College.