Modern Opera (?)

[957vta]

Does anyone know in which work the line

"...the ship is in the bay and has been waiting for a day my Lord"

is sung. I heard it some time ago on Radio three but have failed to identify the work. I may be a little inaccurate in my quotation but not very

[monkey100]

Yes - it's a line from Pacific Overtures by Stephen Sondheim. More info here http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/albm65.html