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„Traces“ is a chamber opera written by Ylva Lund Bergner (www.ylvalundbergner.com). The piece is inspired by the novel ’The trail of your blood in the snow’ by Gabriel García Márquez. 

// Story: A man and a woman, Nina & Will, are in an intimate relationship that is under change. Nina is experiencing pain while Will is getting more and more distant. They don’t connect anymore and he ends up alone. 

// This video recording is a dress rehearsal from the workshop in Darmstadt (Summer Course) in August 2014. Since this was a workshop, the coming performances can be different. The interpretation of the score is very free so this version is only one of many possible.