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" ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. Talk about musical exhumation. Riccardo Muti, an Italian maestro revered for his patrician civility, ...

An explicit opera in Germany is sparking controversy internationally for its combination of lesbian sex with religion as well as its use of real blood and live piercings. An early scene depicts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eighteen people needed medical attention during an opera that features nuns, sex scenes, mutilation and real blood. Florentina ...

October 15, 2025 The women-led Source/Filter Music Collective will return to Heritage Square Museum from November 7 through 9 with Alice Ryley & Big Deaths, a haunting operatic double feature just in ...

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, ...