During a residency in London, Nicole teams up with two acclaimed British artists — director/filmmaker Alex Helfrecht and cellist Daryl Giuliano — in the creation of Dissolution, a one-woman contemporary opera based on a book by Helfrecht. On surviving breast cancer and the break up of her marriage, the female protagonist in the story resolves to unashamedly indulge her physical urges and fantasies with no attachments until she falls passionately in love with an older man - who is unlike anyone she has ever known.