Ett musikdramatiskt drömspel med musik av isländska Karólína Eiríksdóttir och text av Marie Louise Ramnefalk med utgångspunkt i hennes starka diktsamling med samma namn. Gästade 1989 Reykjavik-operan. Sändes i isländsk TV. En ny uppsättning har senare gjorts i Tyskland.

”The crowning glory of the festival… The score, like the poetry, lives in terse, aphoristic thoughts and startling immediate images. The lyrical passages, often evocative of Icelandic light and water, are spare and sparse enough to avoid sentimentality and melodrama…Her writing for voice, in the soul-searching of the Woman (Ingegerd Nilsson), the anxiety of the man (David Aler) and the volatile responses of mezzo and tenor confidants (Linnea Sallay and Lars Palerius) touches the nerve to the quick. For all its sophistication and strangeness, its tracking of the barest inflections of human emotion makes for immediate engagement with the audience, even on first hearing.”Hilary Finch, The Times, 5 september 1989

”I, for one, found the opera entirely captivating, and went to both performances only to discover that two hearings are still not enough, for the music is of the kind that unfolds anew each time you listen to it… Though dealing with death, sorrow, and loss, the libretto successfully avoids any hint of mawkish sentiment. Brilliant orchestration and effective instrumentation, combined with contrasts of texture and expressively lyrical vocal lines, serve the dramatic action superbly.” Sigridur Jonsdottir, Nordic Sounds, December 1989

Tillgängligt material: Partitur. Klaverutdrag.