Anna Russell: A Visitation

Clip 1: 50 minutes

Clip 2: 3 minutes

Anna Russell: A Visitation, brings to life the famous opera comedian Anna Russell of Canadian, British and US fame. Known for her dry wit, huge hat collection, and ability to lampoon everything in opera on sight, Anna Russell was a singer turned comedian who performed internationally to huge acclaim. Her best skits lampooned opera, Wagner, Gilbert and Sullivan, concerts, ladies’ societies and the French horn, among many others.

Successful in acting, television, musical theater, and opera, the crossover artist has sung with numerous New York and Chicago companies, among them Lyric Opera of Chicago (Praskovia, The Merry Widow,) Goodman Theatre (Dinah, Trouble in Tahiti,) Older Belle (Little Me, Porchlight,) New York Lyric Opera at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, American Chamber Opera, OperaModa, Elgin Opera and Chicago Chamber Opera. Most recently, she has appeared in the role of Rev. Mother/Nunsense (Mayne Stage), Adele/Die Fledermaus and Frasquita/Carmen (both with American Chamber Opera/OperaModa), as well as in solo performances at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In addition to work in film, Thiers’ straight acting work includes engagements at Theatre D in Deerfield (Pat O’Neil/When the Fat Lady Sings) and, in Chicago, at Fury Theater (Antonia/Much Ado About Nothing), On the Spot Theater (Only You Could Think That), and Lookingglass Theatre. A Masters in Music Performance graduate from Northwestern University School of Music, Thiers holds several vocal awards, including the Laetitia M. Blain Soloist Award and the North Shore Musicians Club Scholarship.

Credits: Genevieve Thiers, Heidi Joosten, Amber Linde

Submitted by Genevieve Thiers