Francesca Ranalli
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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
 

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