philosophy and work
PHILOSOPHY
Any creative work for the theatre is a collaborative process between director, artists (actor/singer), creative team, and audience. All must be implicated for there to be truth and immediacy. The artist must find his own voice. The director creates a world and asks questions, encouraging risk-taking, freedom and play. With respect to the audience, material must be relevant, stimulating and honest, the environment immersive and engaging. The spectator should be engaged in a direct and personal way. Intimate site-specific venues encourage new perspectives and meaningful blurring of boundaries.
For more on Francesca's approach to directing and theatre, please listen to the following interview:
CBC Interview with director Francesca Ranalli
TROUBADOUR THEATRE COLLECTIVE
Founded in 2015, Troubadour Theatre Collective explores theatre and opera in intimate and varied site-specific venues. The goal, to engage the audience in a direct and personal way, always bearing in mind the shared accountability of artist and spectator. Currently creating work in London, Ontario, Troubadour Theatre Collective is comprised of theatre and music artists dedicated to their art and to the process of collaborative creation.
Website: www.troubadourtheatrecollective.com
SELECT DIRECTING CREDITS
Romeo and Juliet Director Founder/Self-Produced Troubadour Theatre Collective
The Brothers Grimm Director Lisa Rumpel/Maria Jung/Kathy Gable Opera Nuova
Hamlet (excerpts) Director Maria Jung Opera Nuova
Louise (excerpts) Director Carol Anne Fraser Opera Nuova
Mignon (excerpts) Director Carol Anne Fraser Opera Nuova
Lakme (excerpts) Director Kim Cousineau Opera Nuova
On the Town (excerpts) Director Renate Rossol Opera Nuova
Carmen Assistant Director Andrea Mellis/Jordan de Souza Opera Nuova
La Traviata Assistant Director Valerie Kiunka/Milos Repicky Highlands Opera Studio
Into the Woods Director Founder/Self-Produced Artful Youth Theatre
TRAINING
Voice Teacher (current) Marianne Bindig
Directing Intern Kim Mattice Wanat/Andrea Mellis Opera Nuova
Directing in the Performing Arts An International Summit
Voice/Movement Workshop Nancy Benjamin/Kelly McEvenue Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Acting Masterclasses Bernard Hopkins
Master of Music, Voice Performance Ingemar Korjus University of Ottawa
Young Artists Program Tyrone Patterson Opera Lyra Ottawa
Shakespeare Young Company Eleanor Crowder Salamander Theatre
Approaches to Classical Text Kate Hurman National Arts Centre/Ottawa Fringe Festival
Contemporary Monologues John Koensgen National Arts Centre/Ottawa Fringe Festival
Art Song and Opera Masterclasses Dalton Baldwin/Loraine Nubar Vermont Opera Festival
French Language Studies Universite populaire (France)
Italian Language Studies Universita per stranieri (Italy)
Some movement ability (previous Ballet training) Ottawa School of Dance
Any creative work for the theatre is a collaborative process between director, artists (actor/singer), creative team, and audience. All must be implicated for there to be truth and immediacy. The artist must find his own voice. The director creates a world and asks questions, encouraging risk-taking, freedom and play. With respect to the audience, material must be relevant, stimulating and honest, the environment immersive and engaging. The spectator should be engaged in a direct and personal way. Intimate site-specific venues encourage new perspectives and meaningful blurring of boundaries.
For more on Francesca's approach to directing and theatre, please listen to the following interview:
CBC Interview with director Francesca Ranalli
TROUBADOUR THEATRE COLLECTIVE
Founded in 2015, Troubadour Theatre Collective explores theatre and opera in intimate and varied site-specific venues. The goal, to engage the audience in a direct and personal way, always bearing in mind the shared accountability of artist and spectator. Currently creating work in London, Ontario, Troubadour Theatre Collective is comprised of theatre and music artists dedicated to their art and to the process of collaborative creation.
Website: www.troubadourtheatrecollective.com
SELECT DIRECTING CREDITS
Romeo and Juliet Director Founder/Self-Produced Troubadour Theatre Collective
The Brothers Grimm Director Lisa Rumpel/Maria Jung/Kathy Gable Opera Nuova
Hamlet (excerpts) Director Maria Jung Opera Nuova
Louise (excerpts) Director Carol Anne Fraser Opera Nuova
Mignon (excerpts) Director Carol Anne Fraser Opera Nuova
Lakme (excerpts) Director Kim Cousineau Opera Nuova
On the Town (excerpts) Director Renate Rossol Opera Nuova
Carmen Assistant Director Andrea Mellis/Jordan de Souza Opera Nuova
La Traviata Assistant Director Valerie Kiunka/Milos Repicky Highlands Opera Studio
Into the Woods Director Founder/Self-Produced Artful Youth Theatre
TRAINING
Voice Teacher (current) Marianne Bindig
Directing Intern Kim Mattice Wanat/Andrea Mellis Opera Nuova
Directing in the Performing Arts An International Summit
Voice/Movement Workshop Nancy Benjamin/Kelly McEvenue Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Acting Masterclasses Bernard Hopkins
Master of Music, Voice Performance Ingemar Korjus University of Ottawa
Young Artists Program Tyrone Patterson Opera Lyra Ottawa
Shakespeare Young Company Eleanor Crowder Salamander Theatre
Approaches to Classical Text Kate Hurman National Arts Centre/Ottawa Fringe Festival
Contemporary Monologues John Koensgen National Arts Centre/Ottawa Fringe Festival
Art Song and Opera Masterclasses Dalton Baldwin/Loraine Nubar Vermont Opera Festival
French Language Studies Universite populaire (France)
Italian Language Studies Universita per stranieri (Italy)
Some movement ability (previous Ballet training) Ottawa School of Dance
