“Black Lodge” is maybe a lot of things or maybe not. It calls itself an opera and was a finalist for a Grammy this year in the opera category, since there isn’t a goth opera category yet. It’s loud.

Joseph Keckler and the Art F City crew in their goth opera getups (image courtesy Art F City) Fundraisers can be stuffy, painfully boring affairs … or they can be elaborate goth operas starring the ...