Massa di Requiem per Shuggay

Massa di Requiem per Shuggay (Requiem for Shaggai) is a fictional opera in the Cthulhu Mythos. It first appeared in The Unspeakable Oath, a magazine about Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu RPG.The Unspeakable Oath #3, "Mysterious Manuscripts," Thomas Stratman, Scott David Aniolowski and Brian Bevelby, 1994. It is described as a never-published opera composed by Benvento Chieti Bordighera around 1768 in Italy. (: The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana)
==Description==
The opera describes the flight of the shan from their doomed home world to Earth. Its composition contains lurid and unpleasant scenes depicting torture, incest, and other degradations, and was banned by both the Church and State. (: Malleus Monstrorum) It also details the shan's worship of Azathoth and a being known as Baoht Z'uqqa-mogg. Performing the entire opera will result in the summoning of Azathoth. (: The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana)
==In the Mythos==
Only a single performance was ever given and which resulted in a riot, leading to the opera's ban and to Bordighera's arrest and later execution, although some reports suggest that the composer escaped the Italian authorities by fleeing into France. Bordighera created new musical instruments to be able to play some portions of the works, and due to his apparent death the method used to read and played some musical notes have been lost to history. (: Malleus Monstrorum)
Copies of the opera are kept at the British Museum, Bibliotheque Nationale, and the Vatican Library, and others are held by private collectors in India, Japan, and the United States. The German band Knochen Maschine adapted the piece into a modern format; the two singers hired to perform the main portions died shortly thereafter. (: The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana)
==Gallery==
File:Massa di Requiem per Shuggay (Mythos CCG).jpg|Massa di Requiem per Shuggay (Mythos CCG)
==References==
Category:Mythos Books (fictional)
Category:Artefacts Originating From Expanded Mythos Works