A Lover's Discourse was commissioned by Hong Kong Arts Festival, 2003. Inspired by the French philosopher Roland Barthes' Fragments d'un Discours Amoureux (A Lover's Discourse: Fragments), the music performance of A Lover's Discourse presented a multimedia meatrical discourse on the universal theme of love. The stage is a space for lovers to exchange their fragmentary dialogues. A Lover's Discourse was directed and designed by Mathias Woo, with Anthony Wong as the music director. Hong Kong pop singer Denise Ho was the leading singing performer, and the composers were Yu Yat-yiu, Jason Choi, Veronica Lee and Arion. The choreography was by Dick Wong, and the costumes designed by Barney Cheng. Digital images were designed by John Wong and Pong Lam. The performance had as its advisors, Rong Guangrun (President of Shanghai Theatre Academy) and Marc Sussi (Director of National Youth Theatre of France), and the guest performers are from National Youth Theatre of France, Shanghai Theatre Academy, Taipei and Hong Kong.