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SANCTA

Von Florentina Holzinger

Based on Paul Hindemith’s 1922 short work Sancta Susanna – in which a nun confronts the violent punishment of sexual self-determination – Florentina Holzinger’s SANCTA bridges Bach and Rachmaninoff with metal, noise and contemporary compositions to reclaim the gore of Catholic mass and address the violent history of the Church. Countering the religious discipline and punishment of (female*) sexuality – abortion, homosexuality, sex work, pleasure – SANCTA stages sexual sensations and practices as a pathway to not-only-religious ecstasy. In a quest for magic and transcendence, body artists twist the religious topoi of scarification, penetration, transformation; show magicians propose their take on the Bible’s miracles; the Sistine Chapel turns into a climbing wall, opera into rock musical, God into robot, Jesus Christ into Jesus Christ Superstar. Mass turns into spectacle and, in Florentina Holzinger’s words, real magic needs to happen. Spiderlike and dark, loud and excessive, funny and redemptory, SANCTA is the trigger warning for mass.

Note

We recommend a minimum age of 18 to attend the performance.

Triggerwarning

Please note: Sancta contains

  • self-injurious acts
  • blood
  • needles
  • strobe lights
  • explicit depiction or description of physical or sexual violence

A production by Florentina Holzinger/Spirit, neon lobster, Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater and Staatsoper Stuttgart in co-production with Wiener Festwochen | Freie Republik Wien, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (in cooperation with Komische Oper Berlin), Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Julidans and Theater Rotterdam

Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media), Ammodo, Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien
With the support of Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport, Anna und Manfred Wakolbinger
Support research phase: Goethe-Institut

Thank you to: Caritia Abell, Sebastian Eckermann, Linnea Vogel

Performance by and with
Saioa Alvarez Ruiz, Andrea Baker, Born In Flamez, Gibrana Cervantes, Renée Copraij, Luz de Luna Duran, Sophie Duncan, Bláthin Eckhardt, Fibi Eyewalker, Jasko Fide, Paige A. Flash, Fleshpiece, Florentina Holzinger, Sara Lancerio, Laura London, Annina Machaz, Mery Muñoz, Malin Nilsson, Xana Novais, Netti Nüganen, otay:onii, Emma Rothmann, Veronica Thompson, Cornelia Zink, Sängerinnen des Opernchores des Mecklenburgischen Staatstheaters, Orchester der Komischen Oper
Directing, Choreography & Performance
Florentina Holzinger
Musical Direction
Marit Strindlund
komposition-(sancta-susanna-op.-21)
Paul Hindemith
libretto-(sancta-susanna-op.-21)
August Stramm
Composition & Arrangement
Johanna Doderer
Composition & Supervision Stage Music
Born In Flamez
Composition & Sound Design
Stefan Schneider
Composer & Production
Nadine Neven Raihani
Additional Composition and Arrangement
Karl-Johann Ankarblom, Gibrana Cervantes, Josephinex Ashley Hansis, Christopher Kandelin, otay:onii, Odette T. Waller
Stage Music
Born In Flamez, Gibrana Cervantes, Bláthin Eckhardt, Paige A. Flash, otay:onii
Dramaturgy
Philipp Amelungsen, Fernando Belfiore, Renée Copraij, Miron Hakenbeck, Judith Lebiez, Sara Ostertag, Felix Ritter, Michele Rizzo
chordirektor-schwerin/wien
Aki Schmitt
Deputy Choir Director Komische Oper
Jean-Christophe Charron
Assistant Director
Xavier Perez
Stage & Costume Design
Nikola Knežević
Technical Lead
Stephan Werner
Technical Assistance
Jan Havers, Emma Juliard, Dörte Wilfrorth
stunt-koordinator
Ronny Hornig, Gravity Stunts
stunt-advisor
Joe Toedling, Stunt Factory
robotics
Zoe Bassi
Lighting Design
Anne Meeussen, Max Kraußmüller
Video Design
Maja Čule
Sound Technology
Fjóla Gautadóttir, Olivia Oyama
Sound Intern
Joschka Crusius
Stage Assistance
Christiane Hilmer
Puppet Construction
Silke von Patay
Production Management
Sarah Parolin, Katharina Wallisch, Giulia Messia
tour-management
Sarah Parolin
Management & International Distribution
Katharina Wallisch & Giulia Messia - neon lobster
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