A FUTURE THREATENED BY CLIMATE CHANGE: Voices and Visions of the Youth! Cultural Center of the Philippines, Tanghalang Aurelio Tolentino November 19, 2019

A short film.

A southern backwoods 29 year old woman comes into good fortune when she finds $5 and a man to take care of.

Torn between his duty and paternal love, the Venitian doge is forced to exile his son accused of murder. Hopes to prove his innocence run high when his son returns home, but dont discount their intriguing enemies just yet. I due Foscari sets out in despair and ends tragically. Its music, full of dark hues, awe-inspiring choruses and individual themes for the main characters, already paves the way for Verdi's later scores. Francesco Foscari: Vladimir Stoyanov Jacopo Foscari: Stefan Pop Lucrezia Contarini: Maria Katzarava Jacopo Loredano: Giacomo Prestia Barbarigo: Francesco Marsiglia Pisana: Erica Wenmeng Gu Fante: Vasyl Solodkyy Un servo: Gianni De Angelis Chorus: Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra: Filarmonica Arturo Toscanni / Orchestra Giovanile della Via Emilia Music: Giuseppe Verdi Text: Francesco Maria Piave Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni Director: Leo Muscato

Draaikolk (?dra?i?.k?lk, vortex in Dutch). Here the Vortex will not be the rapid movement of a spiralling fluid but the spirality of human despair. The whirlwind of thoughts and problems that exist both in the human as a singular being and in the human as a race, which leads us to seek a void, a centre, where we imagine there is balance and calm despite all the destruction that surrounds us.