Lulu (opera)
unfinished opera by Alban Berg / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lulu is an opera by the composer Alban Berg. Berg took the story from two plays called Erdgeist and Die Büchse des Pandora by the German playwright Frank Wedekind. Berg wrote the libretto (the words for the opera) himself.
Many people found Lulu very shocking because the story is very decadent. There is a lot of blood, murder, sex and violence in it. Also: Berg’s music was quite difficult to understand. He uses twelve tone music, which is not in any particular key, although he uses it to make a style of music which is often very Romantic and expressive.