 In contemporary arts, the National Opera of Paris and the Grand Theater of Geneva jointly commissioned an opera based on her poems.Titled "Da gelo a gelo" by Salvatore Sciarrino and sung in Italian, the work draws on 65 poems from "Izumi Shikibu Nikki" that features her passion for Prince Atsumichi.It was performed in early 2008 by the Grand Theater of Geneva with the Chamber Orchestra of Geneva.