"An opera -- on a small scale -- that ranges from the whimsical to the surreal, taking in sex and violence and some dark satire along the way....
Best is The Touch of an Angel, a gothic tale about a couple who have imprisoned their adolescent daughter, keeping her free from human touch so that she will remain absolutely pure and thus become a saint. Eisenstein's long melodic lines have an obsessive, hothouse feel (you think of Gian-Carlo Menotti and Andrew Lloyd Webber), and Cruz's lyrics build suspense to a climax that is both inevitable and electric....
(In)The Man Who Stole a Smell ... Eisenstein is at her best, having fun with wonderfully lush love songs that tilt into self-parody." - The Plain Dealer
"The music here and throughout is inspired work, often intoxicating. The score...is eclectic in the best sense of the word: it moves easily from new-age music to soft, fluid jazz to traditional Spanish songs full of lyrical thrills that ripple with each shift in emotion." - The Edition
