My voice teacher had the incredible privilege of seeing the premier of this work in New York and mentioned it to us in Music History. Here is a link to a synopsis of the work by Tan Dun as well as video links to a performance by the University of Utah Singers.
The most unabashed collection of Victorian china and hiking boots, Rosaries and vegetarian food, Dostoevsky and long-skirts, paints, classical music, and philosophy. Byzantine Catholic.
Stealer of my soul, fly forth and drive before you my whispered words, my secret songs of devotion, across the wide world and find where my lover lies so that he might remember and forget me not