Subverse Aphrodesia

Catalan director Calixto Bieito has created contraversey in Germany with his racy production of Mozart's "Die Entfuehrung aus dem Serail."

Currently running at Berlin's Komische Oper, the production was described by James Mackenzie via Reuters as featuring "rape, torture and masturbation, a nude bass singing an aria in the shower and a cross-dressing hero who rounds off the night by slaughtering a troupe of semi-naked prostitutes ..."

Bieito claims he wanted to use the piece to "cast a light on the plight of women exploited in the sex trade." If you can reac German, you might want to read this.