According to the Daily Mail, multiple people required medical treatment after attending the opera, which featured real blood, explicit homosexual scenes and gruesome, intentionally inflicted wounds.

“Sancta” is an adaptation of the early 20th century show “Sancta Susanna” by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, and premiered at Austria’s Stuttgart State Opera in October. It was so shocking for some viewers that 18 spectators suffered nausea and shock and required medical treatment. daily mail It was reported on Thursday.

The show included provocative and extreme scenes, including nuns roller skating naked, multiple sex acts, and a combination of real and fake blood.

According to Germany’s Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, in one scene, a real piece of meat was cut from a woman’s body and grilled medium-rare to represent the Eucharist, the body of Christ.

Other scenes include a body hanging on a wall to imitate the body of Christ on the cross, and a dizzying scene in which a vat of fake blood is poured. According to the Daily Mail, the actress playing Jesus sang while hitting a naked woman while another naked performer shoved a cross-shaped sword into her throat.

At one point during the show, an actress with dwarfism is dressed as the Pope and suspended in the air and rotated using a robotic arm, while another actress is dressed as Jesus and plays an Eminem song. Showed off.

The theater issued a warning against the content featured within the three-hour show without an intermission, but it still proved too much for some attendees.

According to the Sueddeutsche Zeitung, a spokesperson for the opera said that the guests affected by the graphic nature of the show were seated in the rows closest to the stage, adding that before taking part in the experience they had to “surrender themselves for nothing”. He said that he would have known that he was in the situation and warned him. Zeitung.

The original “Saint Susanna” by composer Paul Hindemith caused a scandal in 1921. (Related: ‘She The Devil’: Pop star releases new song featuring demonic imagery)

Both productions have faced backlash for their extreme content, which was deemed “blasphemous” by many.