Singoalla (opera)

Singoalla is a 1940 opera in four acts by Gunnar de Frumerie to a libretto by Ella Byström [sv] (1889–1969) based on the novel with the English title The Wind Is My Lover by Swedish author Viktor Rydberg.

The plot centres on Singoalla, princess of a nomadic tribe and Erland, a young knight with whom she has a son.

In acts 1 and 2 the tribe take him hostage in order to escape with items stolen from a monastery.

Acts 3 and 4 resume the story after ten years have passed and Erland is now married to another woman but tormented by strange dreams in which child predicts the coming of the Black Death.

At this point the child, his forgotten son, enters the plot and his service, leading to the death of the principal characters.