This show strikes a chord. A radical feminist opera is causing major controversy and causing disturbed attendees to require medical treatment — and it’s coming to the US this month. “Sancta Susanna” ...

MUNICH, Germany — A night at the opera conjures images of elegant outfits and spectacular vocals. But at one German opera house, 18 audience members required medical treatment after watching recent ...

A radical feminist opera, "Sancta Susanna," has been causing a stir in Stuttgart, Germany, with its explicit content, including lesbian sex scenes, crucifixions, and bloody gore. The one-act show, ...

18 audience members at Stuttgart's state opera fell ill after performances of Florentina Holzinger's 'Sancta', which features live piercing and unsimulated sex. In 1921, German composer Paul Hindemith ...

Eighteen people needed medical attention during an opera that features nuns, sex scenes, mutilation and real blood. Florentina Holzinger's Sancta also includes naked roller-skating nuns and a ...

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