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Pregnant Alida and Asle arrive in Bjørgvin seeking shelter and are turned away until Asle takes an old woman’s house by force; Alida gives birth to their son, Sigvald. Later Asle travels to buy wedding rings and is arrested for murder and theft from his former home. Alida learns that Asle has been hanged, receives a bracelet from Asleik, and hears Asle’s voice telling her he will remain with her through the wind, music and their son.
At a graveyard before a funeral, a husband and wife talk, and the man's parents join them.
Two men known as The One and The Other travel by boat; The One eventually drowns himself.
The opera follows fisherman Johannes from birth to death. Before his birth, his father Olai waits and imagines what his wife and child are experiencing. Later, Johannes reflects on his daughter Signe and speaks with his friend Peter and wife Erna, then realizes that they died long ago and that he too must be dead.
A young couple struggle after the birth of their first child: the man wants to become a writer but faces continual rejection, while the woman grows weary of their life together.
A couple visits the remote seaside house they bought to be alone together. The previous owner appears and seeks a closer relationship with the woman, prompting jealousy and latent paranoia in her partner; the house retains signs of its former inhabitants.
A young couple expecting a child move in with the woman’s parents, and their stay is marked by failures of communication.
Pregnant Alida and Asle arrive in Bjørgvin seeking shelter and are turned away until Asle takes an old woman’s house by force; Alida gives birth to their son, Sigvald. Later Asle travels to buy wedding rings and is arrested for murder and theft from his former home. Alida learns that Asle has been hanged, receives a bracelet from Asleik, and hears Asle’s voice telling her he will remain with her through the wind, music and their son.
At a graveyard before a funeral, a husband and wife talk, and the man's parents join them.
Two men known as The One and The Other travel by boat; The One eventually drowns himself.
The opera follows fisherman Johannes from birth to death. Before his birth, his father Olai waits and imagines what his wife and child are experiencing. Later, Johannes reflects on his daughter Signe and speaks with his friend Peter and wife Erna, then realizes that they died long ago and that he too must be dead.
A young couple struggle after the birth of their first child: the man wants to become a writer but faces continual rejection, while the woman grows weary of their life together.
A couple visits the remote seaside house they bought to be alone together. The previous owner appears and seeks a closer relationship with the woman, prompting jealousy and latent paranoia in her partner; the house retains signs of its former inhabitants.
A young couple expecting a child move in with the woman’s parents, and their stay is marked by failures of communication.