History NightmareFuel / Opera

* Peter Maxwell Davies' ''[[https://youtu.be/m6357vL9TPg Eight Songs for a Mad King]]'' is a depiction of King George III in his last years when he had succumbed to dementia. The whole opera is set to hair-raising atonal music and features extended singing techniques that makes the baritone sound inhuman. The most shocking moment occurs in the seventh scene, when King George ''grabs the violinist's violin and smashes it into pieces''.

* Alban Berg's ''[[Theatre/{{Lulu}} Lulu]]'', like its source material by [[FrankWedekind Frank Wedekind]], is a deeply disturbing tale revolving around Lulu (who is only about ''[[FilleFatale 15 years of age]]'' at the beginning of the show), a seductive but [[MysteriousWoman mysterious former street urchin]] who follows a downward spiral from a well-kept mistress in Vienna to a street prostitute in London, while being both a [[HumanTrafficking victim]] and a [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior purveyor of destruction]]. Her first husband, the [[SugarDaddy aging Dr. Goll]], is so shocked when he catches her in a compromising setting with the artist painting her portrait that he dies of a heart attack; unmoved, she quickly marries the artist. [[AristocratsAreEvil Dr. Schön]], who apparently [[DirtyOldMan "rescued" her from the gutter]] when she was ''[[WouldHurtAChild about 12 years old while conducting an affair with her ever since]]'', after she reacts badly to his announcement that he is engaged and must dissociate from her, spills [[MysteriousWaif her backstory]] to the artist, along with her relationship with the equally mysterious beggar Schigolch, who is implied to be [[AbusiveParents her father]] and [[ParentalIncest her first client]]. Lulu herself often acts toward men in [[PromiscuityAfterRape inappropriately seductive ways]] that imply a history of sexual abuse and a [[LackOfEmpathy casual disregard for the distress of others]]. She has gone by [[IHaveManyNames many aliases]] and "Lulu", for all the audience knows, is not even her real name (when Schigolch first addresses her as "Lulu", she admits that she [[DarkAndTroubledPast hasn't been called that name in a long time]]). The artist is so shaken by this revelation, about how little that he actually knows about Lulu, [[DrivenToSuicide that he commits suicide]]. Lulu then compels Dr. Schön to marry her, but things begin to unravel from there. Lulu has [[SoBeautifulItsACurse many admirers who want to bed her]], [[IncestIsRelative including Dr. Schön's son Alwa, who was raised as her brother]], but [[LustObject it's never known what Lulu herself wants]]. It ends with Lulu reduced to [[DisposableSexWorker poverty in London]] and killed by [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper Jack the Ripper]] ([[IronicEcho who is played by the same actor as Dr. Schön]]), along with one of her admirers, Countess Geschwitz, who is the [[IncompatibleOrientation only one who actually seems to care about Lulu herself]]. The whole drama is a scathing satire about the [[HumansAreBastards moral hypocrisy]] of high society and about how the men who want Lulu, secure in their place in patriarchy, see in her what they want to see while her own needs are never made clear. While seen as a victim and destroyer, Lulu herself is essentially a product of the corruption around her; a [[SlutShaming target for the lust, rage and frustration of others]] [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny and blamed for their delusions and weaknesses]] in ways that are even [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior more shocking given her age]].

* Alban Berg's ''[[Theatre/{{Lulu}} Lulu]]'', like its source material by [[FrankWedekind Frank Wedekind]], is a deeply disturbing tale revolving around Lulu (who is only about ''[[FilleFatale 15 years of age]]'' at the beginning of the show), a seductive but [[MysteriousWoman mysterious former street urchin]] who follows a downward spiral from a well-kept mistress in Vienna to a street prostitute in London, while being both a [[HumanTrafficking victim]] and a [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior purveyor of destruction]]. Her first husband, the [[SugarDaddy aging Dr. Goll]], is so shocked when he catches her in a compromising setting with the artist painting her portrait that he dies of a heart attack; unmoved, she quickly marries the artist. [[AristocratsAreEvil Dr. Schön]], who apparently [[DirtyOldMan "rescued" her from the gutter]] when she was ''[[WouldHurtAChild about 12 years old while conducting an affair with her ever since]]'', after she reacts badly to his announcement that he is engaged and must dissociate from her, spills [[MysteriousWaif her backstory]] to the artist, along with her relationship with the equally mysterious beggar Schigolch, who is implied to be [[AbusiveParents her father]] and [[ParentalIncest her first client]]. Lulu herself often acts toward men in [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior inappropriately seductive ways]] that imply a history of sexual abuse and a [[LackOfEmpathy casual disregard for the distress of others]]. She has gone by [[IHaveManyNames many aliases]] and "Lulu", for all the audience knows, is not even her real name (when Schigolch first addresses her as "Lulu", she admits that she [[DarkAndTroubledPast hasn't been called that name in a long time]]). The artist is so shaken by this revelation, about how little that he actually knows about Lulu, [[DrivenToSuicide that he commits suicide]]. Lulu then compels Dr. Schön to marry her, but things begin to unravel from there. Lulu has [[SoBeautifulItsACurse many admirers who want to bed her]], [[IncestIsRelative including Dr. Schön's son Alwa, who was raised as her brother]], but [[LustObject it's never known what Lulu herself wants]]. It ends with Lulu reduced to [[DisposableSexWorker poverty in London]] and killed by [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper Jack the Ripper]] ([[IronicEcho who is played by the same actor as Dr. Schön]]), along with one of her admirers, Countess Geschwitz, who is the [[IncompatibleOrientation only one who actually seems to care about Lulu herself]]. The whole drama is a scathing satire about the [[HumansAreBastards moral hypocrisy]] of high society and about how the men who want Lulu, secure in their place in patriarchy, see in her what they want to see while her own needs are never made clear. While seen as a victim and destroyer, Lulu herself is essentially a product of the corruption around her; a [[SlutShaming target for the lust, rage and frustration of others]] [[SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny and blamed for their delusions and weaknesses]] in ways that are even [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior more shocking given her age]].

* Alban Berg's ''[[Theatre/{{Lulu}} Lulu]]'', like its source material by [[FrankWedekind Frank Wedekind]], is a deeply disturbing tale revolving around Lulu (who is only about ''[[FilleFatale 15 years of age]]'' at the beginning of the show), a seductive but [[MysteriousWoman mysterious former street urchin]] who follows a downward spiral from a well-kept mistress in Vienna to a street prostitute in London, while being both a [[HumanTrafficking victim]] and a [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior purveyor of destruction]]. Her first husband, the [[SugarDaddy aging Dr. Goll]], is so shocked when he catches her in a compromising setting with the artist painting her portrait that he dies of a heart attack; unmoved, she quickly marries the artist. [[AristocratsAreEvil Dr. Schön]], who apparently [[DirtyOldMan "rescued" her from the gutter]] when she was ''[[WouldHurtAChild about 12 years old while conducting an affair with her ever since]]'', after she reacts badly to his announcement that he is engaged and must dissociate from her, spills [[MysteriousWaif her backstory]] to the artist, along with her relationship with the equally mysterious beggar Schigolch, who is implied to be [[AbusiveParents her father]] and [[ParentalIncest her first client]]. Lulu herself often acts toward men in [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior inappropriately seductive ways]] that imply a history of sexual abuse and a [[LackOfEmpathy casual disregard for the distress of others]]. She has gone by [[IHaveManyNames many aliases]] and "Lulu", for all the audience knows, is not even her real name (when Schigolch first addresses her as "Lulu", she admits that she [[DarkAndTroubledPast hasn't been called that name in a long time]]). The artist is so shaken by this revelation, about how little that he actually knows about Lulu, [[DrivenToSuicide that he commits suicide]]. Lulu then compels Dr. Schön to marry her, but things begin to unravel from there. Lulu has [[SoBeautifulItsACurse many admirers who want to bed her]], [[IncestIsRelative including Dr. Schön's son Alwa, who was raised as her brother]], but [[LustObject it's never known what Lulu herself wants]]. It ends with Lulu reduced to [[DisposableSexWorker poverty in London]] and killed by [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper Jack the Ripper]] ([[IronicEcho who is played by the same actor as Dr. Schön]]), along with one of her admirers, Countess Geschwitz, who is the [[IncompatibleOrientation only one who actually seems to care about Lulu herself]]. The whole drama is a scathing satire about the [[HumansAreBastards moral hypocrisy]] of high society and about how the men who want Lulu, secure in their place in patriarchy, see in her what they want to see while her own needs are never made clear. While seen as a victim and destroyer, Lulu herself is essentially a product of the corruption around her; a [[SlutShaming target for the lust, rage and frustration of others]] [[SexIsEvilAndImHorny and blamed for their delusions and weaknesses]] in ways that are even [[ProstitutedChild more shocking given her age]].

* Alban Berg's ''[[Theatre/{{Lulu}} Lulu]]'', like its source material by [[FrankWedekind Frank Wedekind]], is a deeply disturbing tale revolving around Lulu (who is only about ''[[FilleFatale 15 years of age]]'' at the beginning of the show), a seductive but [[MysteriousWoman mysterious former street urchin]] who follows a downward spiral from a well-kept mistress in Vienna to a street prostitute in London, while being both a [[HumanTrafficking victim]] and a [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior purveyor of destruction]]. Her first husband, the [[SugarDaddy aging Dr. Goll]], is so shocked when he catches her in a compromising setting with the artist painting her portrait that he dies of a heart attack; unmoved, she quickly marries the artist. [[AristocratsAreEvil Dr. Schön]], who apparently [[DirtyOldMan "rescued" her from the gutter]] when she was ''[[WouldHurtAChild about 12 years old while conducting an affair with her ever since]]'', after she reacts badly to his announcement that he is engaged and must dissociate from her, spills [[MysteriousWaif her backstory]] to the artist, along with her relationship with the equally mysterious beggar Schigolch, who is implied to be [[AbusiveParents her father]] and [[ParentalIncest her first client]]. Lulu herself often acts toward men in [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior inappropriately seductive ways]] that imply a history of sexual abuse and a [[LackOfEmpathy casual disregard for the distress of others]]. She has gone by [[IHaveManyNames many aliases]] and "Lulu", for all the audience knows, is not even her real name (when Schigolch first addresses her as "Lulu", she admits that she [[DarkAndTroubledPast hasn't been called that name in a long time]]). The artist is so shaken by this revelation, about how little that he actually knows about Lulu, [[DrivenToSuicide that he commits suicide]]. Lulu then compels Dr. Schön to marry her, but things begin to unravel from there. Lulu has [[SoBeautifulItsACurse many admirers who want to bed her]], [[IncestIsRelative including Dr. Schön's son Alwa, who was raised as her brother]], but [[LustObject it's never known what Lulu herself wants]]. It ends with Lulu reduced to [[DisposableSexWorker poverty in London]] and killed by [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper Jack the Ripper]] ([[IronicEcho who is played by the same actor as Dr. Schön]]), along with one of her admirers, Countess Geschwitz, who is the [[IncompatibleOrientation only one who actually seems to care about Lulu herself]]. The whole drama is a scathing satire about the [[HumansAreBastards moral hypocrisy]] of high society and about how the men who want Lulu, secure in their place in patriarchy, see in her what they want to see while her own needs are never made clear. While seen as a victim and destroyer, Lulu herself is essentially a product of the corruption around her; a [[SlutShaming target for the lust, rage and frustration of others and blamed for their delusions and weaknesses]] in ways that are even more shocking given her age.

* Alban Berg's ''[[Theatre/{{Lulu}} Lulu]]'', like its source material by [[FrankWedekind Frank Wedekind]], is a deeply disturbing tale revolving around Lulu (who is only about ''[[FilleFatale 15 years of age]]'' at the beginning of the show), a seductive but [[MysteriousWoman mysterious former street urchin]] who follows a downward spiral from a well-kept mistress in Vienna to a street prostitute in London, while being both a [[HumanTrafficking victim]] and a [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior purveyor of destruction]]. Her first husband, the [[SugarDaddy aging Dr. Goll]], is so shocked when he catches her in a compromising setting with the artist painting her portrait that he dies of a heart attack; unmoved, she quickly marries the artist. [[AristocratsAreEvil Dr. Schön]], who apparently [[DirtyOldMan "rescued" her from the gutter]] when she was ''[[WouldHurtAChild about 12 years old while conducting an affair with her ever since]]'', after she reacts badly to his announcement that he is engaged and must dissociate from her, spills [[MysteriousWaif her backstory]] to the artist, along with her relationship with the equally mysterious beggar Schigolch, who is implied to be [[AbusiveParents her father]] and [[ParentalIncest her first client]]. Lulu herself often acts toward men in [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior inappropriately seductive ways]] that imply a history of sexual abuse and a [[LackOfEmpathy casual disregard for the distress of others]]. She has gone by [[IHaveManyNames many aliases]] and "Lulu", for all the audience knows, is not even her real name (when Schigolch first addresses her as "Lulu", she admits that she [[DarkAndTroubledPast hasn't been called that name in a long time]]). The artist is so shaken by this revelation, about how little that he actually knows about Lulu, [[DrivenToSuicide that he commits suicide]]. Lulu then compels Dr. Schön to marry her, but things begin to unravel from there. Lulu has [[SoBeautifulItsACurse many admirers who want to bed her]], [[IncestIsRelative including Dr. Schön's son Alwa, who was raised as her brother]], but [[LustObject it's never known what Lulu herself wants]]. It ends with Lulu reduced to [[DisposableSexWorker poverty in London]] and killed by [[UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper Jack the Ripper]] ([[IronicEcho who is played by the same actor as Dr. Schön]]), along with one of her admirers, Countess Geschwitz, who is the [[IncompatibleOrientation only one who actually seems to care about Lulu herself]]. The whole drama is a scathing satire about the [[HumansAreBastards moral hypocrisy]] of high society and about how the men who want Lulu, secure in their place in patriarchy, see in her what they want to see while her own needs are never made clear. While a victim and destroyer, Lulu herself is entirely a product of the corruption around her; a [[BlameTheVictim target for the lust, rage and frustration of others and blamed for their delusions and weaknesses]] in ways that are even more shocking given her age.