Feature-length documentary following members of The Vienna Boys' Choir as they embark on their ambitious 'Silk Road' project, a children's opera based on original songs from Turkey, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Mongolia and China. After nearly a year of rehearsals the choir take to the actual Silk Road to perform the piece in diverse and exotic locations including an antique theatre in Turkey, on Samarkand's Registan and in the Taklamakan desert.

Lorin Maazel leads the Orchestra and Choir of the Wiener Staatsoper and the Vienna Boys Choir in this production of Puccini's final opera, recorded in 1983. Performers include Eva Marton, Jose Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli and John-Paul Bogart.