When a night at the opera leaves you needing medical attention, you know it’s not your typical “high art” experience. Audiences at Sancta Susanna found themselves in need of a doctor after a wild ride of explicit scenes, naked nuns on roller skates, and… did we mention the real blood? Stuttgart’s opera-goers signed up for a radical feminist production, but they probably didn’t expect to leave with nausea and a side of shock therapy.

 

Audience members need medical treatment after sex scenes at the OPERA