We think the Archbishop of Salzburg Franz Lackner has probably cancelled his season ticket to the Stuttgart Opera after seeing Sanctus. I mean surely he can’t pretend not to know that some nuns are lesbians, but like Queerguru he probably drawn a line at seeing them on stage naked and on roller skates!!
The show was originally supposed to premiere at the Stuttgart Opera House in Germany in 1921, until it was cancelled for its explicit content, which featured same-sex relations. It took them over a 100 years to mount the opera and instead of toning it down they hired performance artist Florentina Holzinger to up the anti
The opera features an all-women cast portraying nuns, following its lead, Susanna, as she discovers her sexuality. An early scene depicts her having sex with a crucifix, and a later one shows another nun swallowing a crucifix sword. The show also includes Jesus, portrayed by a woman, who sings tracks by Eminem and at one point spanks a half-naked nun.
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They do warn you when you go in “Some aspects of the evening may cause discomfort for certain individuals, and for others, they may even be retraumatizing. The focus of the evening is on spirituality and sexuality, but also on criticism of religion and a critical examination of religious and societal violence.” However some didn’t take the warning seriously and at least 18 audience members required minor medical treatment.
The Bishop of Innsbruck jumped int the fray and said ” It is a disrespectful parody of the Holy Mass, which is the heart of the faith, and not only in the Catholic understanding.” But we all know that any public condemnations from any of those holier-than-thou folks really help ticket sales boom.
Labels: 2024, controversial opera, lesbian sex, nudity, Sanctus, skating nuns, Stuttgart
