Vincent Ranallo » Biography

• Performer (baritone)

Vincent Ranallo

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With passion and precision in equal measure, Vincent Ranallo performs a wide range of repertoire extending from the Baroque to the avant-garde. After studying with Marie Daveluy and Gilles Tremblay, he furthered his art with Ernst Haefliger and Anthony Rolfe Johnson, among others. He is currently pursuing a doctorate at the Université de Montréal where he is working with Rosemarie Landry and Mark Pedrotti. Lauded by the press for his vocal skill and comic talent, he has appeared with a large number of ensembles and vocal companies, including the Orchestre baroque de Montréal, Les Voix humaines, McGill Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre Métropolitain, Opéra comique du Québec, the Loches festival (France), SMCQ, Ensemble Kore and Chants Libres. Last season, he assumed the role of Sancho Panza in Don Quichotte Chez la Duchesse by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier with Hervé Niquet conducting the Nouvèle Sinfonie. As a recipient of grants from the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec and the Guilde de l’Opéra de Montréal on several occasions, Vincent Ranallo devotes much of his career to new music. A number of composers have been inspired by his voice, resulting in creative partnerships such as the premiere of José Evangelista’s Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse with Chants libres and the SMCQ. Gabriel Charpentier composed La ballade du fils de l’homme for him, which was premiered by Les Voix humaines and SMAM in 2004. This year Ranallo will make his début appearance with the ECM, performing works by Patrick Saint-Denis He was nominated for an Opus prize for Soliloques, a recital given at the Orford Arts Centre in July of 2003 that featured works written or adapted for his voice.