Matthew Peterson come to The Gotland School of Music Composition in August 2008 to compose an opera. Matthew had studied composition in Bloomington, Indiana with prof. Sven-David Sandström and had received a Fulbright grant. In June 2009 there were sketches for a big part of the opera and one aria had been beautifully performed by Sofia Jernberg and the Norrbotten NEO conducted by Petter Sundkvist.