{"id":48556,"date":"2024-10-15T10:42:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T08:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a0c4814c-74d7-4a19-9d6d-96822ce6041f"},"modified":"2024-10-15T12:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T10:07:15","slug":"the-opera-with-live-sex-and-body-piercing-that-has-audiences-vomiting-in-the-aisles","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/the-opera-with-live-sex-and-body-piercing-that-has-audiences-vomiting-in-the-aisles\/","title":{"rendered":"The opera with live sex and body piercing that has audiences vomiting in the aisles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"><\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Tuesday, 15 October 2024 at 08:42 AM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>An opera performance at the state opera in Stuttgart, Germany last weekend resulted in 18 audience members requiring medical treatment for severe nausea. They&#8217;d been watching a performance of the opera <em>Sancta<\/em>, by the Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, featuring unsimulated sex, live piercing, and plenty of blood &#8211; both fake and real.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trailer: SANCTA | Staatsoper Stuttgart\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DWLmmDIMGaE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>&#8216;On Saturday we had eight and on Sunday we had 10 people who had to be looked after by our visitor service,&#8217; confirmed Sebastian Ebling from the Staatsoper\u00a0Stuttgart. He added that a doctor had been called into the theatre to provide treatment on three separate occasions.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Her all-female cast performs partially or fully naked<\/h2><p>Holzinger, 38, is no stranger to the more risqu\u00e9 end of the performance art spectrum. Her all-female cast typically performs partially or fully naked, and previous shows have included live sword-swallowing, tattooing, masturbation and action paintings with both blood and excrement.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"\/><p>&#8216;Good technique in dance to me is not just someone who can do a perfect <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.balletbeautiful.com\/blog\/ballet-glossary-tendu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tendu<\/a><\/strong><\/em>, but also someone who can urinate on cue,&#8217; Holzinger told <em>The Guardian<\/em> in a 2024 interview.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The story of a nun who succumbs to her erotic fantasies<\/h2><p>Holzinger\u2019s first opera, <em>Sancta<\/em> is based on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/features\/composers\/paul-hindemith\">Paul Hindemith<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Expressionist opera <em>Sancta Susanna<\/em>, from 1921. That work is itself controversial: it follows a young nun, Susanna, who finds herself seduced and overpowered by the physical presence of her maid-servant. <\/p><p>Susanna invokes Satan in Latin, and is told a cautionary tale by Sister Clementia: the story of a nun who succumbed to her erotic fantasies, and was punished by being bricked up behind the altar. Susanna, now in some form of erotic\/spiritual frenzy, strips naked and rips the loin cloth from the crucifix at the altar. She then demands the same punishment as befell Sister Clementia.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sancta Susanna door Opera Spanga\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P3sINSbp--4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>Hindemith&#8217;s opera was scheduled to premiere at the same Stuttgart state opera in 1921, but was delayed until the following year after its apparently sacrilegious storyline drew complaints. Holzinger\u2019s version features naked nuns rollerskating on a movable half-pipe at the centre of the stage, as well as a lesbian priest saying mass and a wall of crucified naked bodies.<\/p><p>Holzinger staged <em>Sancta<\/em> in her native city, Vienna, in June of this year. Bishops from the Austrian cities of Salzburg and Innsbruck labelled it a &#8216;disrespectful caricature of the holy mass&#8217;. She has explained, however, that the opera is less a mockery of religion, and more an exploration of the parallels that exist between the church and kink and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/BDSM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BDSM<\/a><\/strong> subcultures.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;When in doubt, avert your gaze&#8217;<\/h2><p>&#8216;We recommend that all audience members once again very carefully read the warnings so they know what to expect,&#8217; Ebling explained in an interview with the <em>Stuttgarter Nachrichten<\/em> newspaper. Anyone who books tickets to Sancta is warned in advance about the show&#8217;s various potential triggers, which include sexual violence, explicit sexual acts, incense and loud noises. <\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Controversial Stuttgart Opera Performance Leaves 18 Audience Members Nauseous | Times Now World\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RQbUy098C3Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\/><\/div><\/figure><p>\u201cIf you have questions, speak to the visitor service,\u201d Ebling added. \u201cAnd when in doubt during the performance, it might help to avert your gaze.\u201d<\/p><p>The doctors may have had to be called in &#8211; but Stuttgart&#8217;s production of <em>Sancta<\/em> is in rude health. All five of the remaining shows at the state opera house are now sold out, as are two performances at the Volksb\u00fchne in Berlin in November. No such thing as bad publicity&#8230;<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Published: Tuesday, 15 October 2024 at 08:42 AM An opera performance at the state opera in Stuttgart, Germany last weekend resulted in 18 audience members requiring medical treatment for severe nausea. 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