Eighteen theatergoers required medical attention for severe nausea after watching SANCTA, an opera that includes sexually explicit acts, live piercing, and both fake and real blood. Produced by Austrian choreographer Florentina Holzinger, the play was performed at Stuttgart’s state opera in Germany over the weekend.
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On Saturday (October 5), eight people at the theater required care from an emergency doctor. The following day, ten more cases were reported of visitors who left after feeling sick. A doctor had to be called in three times.
