
Remote Hearts: The Macbeths
Remote Hearts: The Macbeths
Antonio Ventura
Brazil
2021
Performance
Short Film
Virtual performance based on scene 7 of the first act of "Macbeth" by William Shakespeare. The scene, also rehearsed remotely, updates the plot to the present day and reimagines the dialogue between the protagonist and his wife as a video call spied on by the spectator-accomplices.
general information
edition
5th ECRÃ Festival
venues
Online
date and time
Sunday 07/25/2021
duration in min
6
premiere
World Premiere 5th ECRÃ Festival
indicative classification
12 years / Not recommended for children under twelve years old / Not recommended for children under twelve years old
conversation/chat
tags
trailer/teaser/excerpt
complete work
Antonio Ventura

Bachelor's degree in Theater Direction from UFRJ, his focus is on canonical texts and stage direction for opera.
In 2018, he directed Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet", selected by the Maria Clara Machado Municipal Theater's call for applications.
In 2019, he directed the operas "Suor Angelica", by Puccini, for the Rio de Janeiro Choral Singing Association, and "O puss in boots", by Montsalvatge, for the Opera Studio UFRJ project. In the same year, he worked at the Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro, as an intern on "Faust", by Gounod (directed by André Heller-Lopes) and assistant director on "Orphée", by Phillip Glass (directed by Felipe Hirsch) and "Eugene Oneguin", by Tchaikovsky (directed by André Heller-Lopes). Since 2020, he has directed "Valsa n°6", by Nelson Rodrigues, presented in an online version through the Edital Cultura Presente nas Redes, by SECEC-RJ; and in person, in 2021, in a season at Teatro Laura Alvim. In the same year, he also directed "Corações remotos", a web series produced remotely and based on scenes from Shakespeare. Between 2020 and 202, he was a monitor of the online workshop Verso e inverso, awarded by the Edital #CulturaPresente, by SECEC-RJ; and the online class Young artists and opera for the #AulaEmCasa project, by TMRJ.