A new opera in Germany has people screaming for God… because the show, filled with naked nuns skating and explicit sex scenes, reportedly left 18 people in need of medical assistance.
“Sancta” – adapted by the controversial Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger from an early 20th century show titled “Sancta Susanna” – opened just a few days ago… and check out the trailer because we can almost guarantee you’ve never seen anything like it.
This show has it all… besides the naked nuns skating, it also has performers suspended from hooks while fake blood pours over them, graphic lesbian sex scenes – there’s even a part in the show where Jesus supposedly sings songs from Eminem. All this and much more is in the trailer.
In one of the wildest moments, Daily Mail – citing a German newspaper – reports that a piece of skin is cut from the side of an artist’s body and then grilled until rare to illustrate the body of Christ used in the Catholic faith.
Suffice it to say… the show is pretty intense – and apparently 18 people have already had to leave the show and be treated for nausea in the week since it premiered.
Holzinger is known for making performance pieces like this. Their shows regularly include sword swallowers, Japanese bondage artists and hair hangers… people who literally hang in the air in their ponytails.
Whether it truly is art is all in the hands of the beholder… but it seems this show is not for the faint of heart.