You could make the argument that all opera is torture, and so claim that Susanna’s Secret, Samantha Gorham’s BDSM adaptation of Enrico Golisciani’s early-20th-century intermezzo, isn’t anything new. But then you risk writing off one of the most rousing performances on offer this season, which would be a shame (and not in a hot way).
The show—which runs at Mount Analogue from January 20 to February 14 (check online for specific dates)—features Gorham and Darrell J. Jordan of Operamuse, a new collective of local singers who translate operas into contemporary English and perform them in intimate spaces. The only other singer onstage is actually completely silent the whole time and prefers to remain anonymous for personal (and completely understandable) reasons.
