Anna Russell, née Anna Claudia Russell-Brown (27 December 1911 - 18 October 2006) was an English?Canadian singer and comedienne. She gave many concerts in which she sang and played comic musical sketches on the piano. Among her best works were her concert performances and famous recordings of The Ring of the Nibelungs (An Analysis), a humorous 30-minute synopsis of Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, and (on the same album) her parody How to Write Your Own Gilbert and Sullivan Opera.[LINK: http://www.cris.com/~oakapple/gasdisc/mdanna.htm] Review and analysis of Russell's G&S parody Life and career Early life Russell was born in Maida Vale London, EnglandHer birth registration shows that she was registered as Ann C. Russell-Brown in the March Quarter of 1912 in the registration district of Paddington, Volume 1a, page 9. The Paddington registrati

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