The Crown Bride from Malmö Opera

Kirsti is the daughter of a small farmer and Mats is the son of the churchwarden and the mill owner. The parents do not agree on the relationship. Kirsti and Mats fall in love and have a child during their stay at the shack. The child is hidden away from the midwife.
However, the parents approve of their marriage. Kirsti will wear the congregation's bridal crown. However, it requires the bride to be a virgin, which Kirsti says she is.
After the wedding, however, it emerges that they had a child during the summer.
Kirsti kills herself and the baby, different versions in the book and the opera
The opera by Ture Rangström was written in 1915, three years after Strindberg's death. It is said that he and Rangström talked about opera.
Premiere in Stuttgart 1919 Stockholm 1922. Last played in Gothenburg 2019, available on You Tube.