Francesca is presently following a B. Mus (Hons) course at the Ian Tomlin School of Music, Napier University in Edinburgh. She has been training with soprano and voice tutor Gillian Zammit for the past seven years. A Drama Troupe student, she obtained her ATCL in musical theatre in 2004 and passed her Grade 7 singing exam with Distinction. She was twice awarded exhibition awards for obtaining the highest marks among students in Europe. She has participated in various musical theatre productions the latest being Sondheim’s Into the Woods, where she played the part of Little Red Riding Hood. Francesca will in fact be returning to Malta this month to play the role of Maria partnered by Nicky Agius Darmanin as Tony in Drama Troupe’s production of West Side Story being held between 23 and 26 November at the Manoel Theatre.

How old are you? Star sign and date of birth?

19, Virgo, 1 September 1987.

What would you like to be doing in 10 years’ time?

Singing professionally and touring round Europe

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

A brilliant career, amazing friends, a supportive family, designer clothes and not thinking about whether I am happy or not.

What is your favourite occupation?

Performing and arguing.

What is your greatest fear?

Unrealised ambition and losing all my friends.

What is it that you most value in your friends?

The fact that they tell me when I’m wrong even if they feel really uncomfortable doing so yet accepting me for who I am unconditionally.

How would you like to die?

Just after singing a very long aria on the stage of La Scala!

What is your greatest extravagance?

Bags and clothes; I just can’t help myself.

What is your greatest regret?

Not taking the piano lessons that my grandma always offered to give me.

What is your most treasured possession?

My voice (if you could call it a possession), my books and my bags.

Which talent would you most like to have apart from the ones you already have?

I wish I could dance like my sister does (yes I’m very jealous of her!)

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Fear of the truth.

Where would you like to live?

Anywhere as long as I’m happy and doing what I love.

What is your most marked characteristic?

My very loud, high-pitched and sometimes very annoying voice.

Who are your heroes/heroines in real life?

Gillian Zammit (my singing teacher); she seriously is the best and has instilled in me a passion

and love for music and showed me the importance of discipline and perseverance in the

arts. Also, my mother who would, I know, do anything to see me happy, as well as the rest of my family and friends who support me in literally everything I do.

What is it that you most dislike?

Performers who don’t perform, people without ambition, people who don't listen and just talk about themselves, onions, snails…

What is your motto?

Aim for the impossible and you will achieve the improbable.