Anna Russell Has Passed Away
donpaolo
away in her sleep last night. Believe that she was in her 90s.
Along with the skits by Sid Cesar, Imogene Coca & Carl Reiner, Anna was the
foremost opera satirist of her or any generation. After I first saw her, I
left the theater with tears rolling my cheeks & sore abdominal muscles,
resulting from her uproarious performance....Included
in the program was an audience "sing-along" to one of Verdi's choral music
from Nabucco, but with the words, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abendigo..."
RIP, dear lady & thanks for helping us opera nuts laugh at ourselves.
DonPaolo
Proud Clarion
action in Wagner's "Ring" operas with the observation, "I'm not making
this up, you know!"
She will be greatly missed.
PC
donpaolo
upon her tombstone....
Donpaolo
"Proud Clarion" <proudc...@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1161276790.4...@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
LT
A great, totally adorable, and unforgettable lady, - among Opera's true
icons.
This brief article on her career is but one of many:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003065
LT
Mark
I still remember the first time I heard the "Explanation of Wagner's
Ring". It was late at night on WBAI in the New York area. I was
listening in headphones. It took a while before I realized that I was
laughing heartily out loud like a maniac. I still send her CDs to opera
"newbies" I meet. Great lady.
LT
Mark wrote:
Those recordings are an absolute MUST!
LT,
recalling a late-night WBAI opera program predating Zucker's; Marius
Shanzer was its host.
Charlie
LT> > > > Somehow, that Russell-ism should be incorporated either in
her eulogy, or
> > > > upon her tombstone....
> > > >
> > > > Donpaolo
> > > > "Proud Clarion" <proudc...@aol.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:1161276790.4...@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > I remember her always punctuating her description of the plot
> > > > > action in Wagner's "Ring" operas with the observation, "I'm not making
> > > > > this up, you know!"
> > > > >
> > > > > She will be greatly missed.
> > > > >
> > > > > PC
> >
> > I still remember the first time I heard the "Explanation of Wagner's
> > Ring". It was late at night on WBAI in the New York area. I was
> > listening in headphones. It took a while before I realized that I was
> > laughing heartily out loud like a maniac. I still send her CDs to opera
> > "newbies" I meet. Great lady.
OH...a LEGEND is gone..What a great lady....Her RING will go down in
history...and so much else..Bless her...I bet she is now coaching
Florence foster jenkins.
SO sorry..Charlie
bren
Charlie wrote:
> OH...a LEGEND is gone..What a great lady....Her RING will go down in
> history...and so much else..Bless her...I bet she is now coaching
> Florence foster jenkins.
...the bagpipes!
Bren.
donpaolo
DonP.
"bren" <bren...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161292799.0...@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
> ...the bagpipes!
>
> Bren.
>
LT
Charlie wrote:
> LT> > > > Somehow, that Russell-ism should be incorporated either in
> her eulogy, or
> > > > > upon her tombstone....
> > > > >
> > > > > Donpaolo
> > > > > "Proud Clarion" <proudc...@aol.com> wrote in message
> > > > > news:1161276790.4...@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > > > > I remember her always punctuating her description of the plot
> > > > > > action in Wagner's "Ring" operas with the observation, "I'm not making
> > > > > > this up, you know!"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > She will be greatly missed.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > PC
> > >
> > > I still remember the first time I heard the "Explanation of Wagner's
> > > Ring". It was late at night on WBAI in the New York area. I was
> > > listening in headphones. It took a while before I realized that I was
> > > laughing heartily out loud like a maniac. I still send her CDs to opera
> > > "newbies" I meet. Great lady.
>
>
> OH...a LEGEND is gone..What a great lady....Her RING will go down in
> history...and so much else..Bless her...I bet she is now coaching
> Florence foster jenkins.
>
> SO sorry..Charlie
With FFJ..... It's a definite "KGH" !!!!!
(Kein Gornisht Helfen!)
gerberk
I never even heard of the woman and this is not really my kind of humor In
fact i hate it It is like that Victor Borge guy Absolutely terrible and
totally unfunny so i cannot say anything nice about her can I
But just in case she was a fine mother and a nice person
RIP and when you make your comeback in this world try to be more funny
"LT" <leonardti...@yahoo.com> schreef in bericht
news:1161277889.1...@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
Jon E. Szostak, Sr.
I can't tell you...nor need I...the number of times her words have left me
crying with laughter. I wish I could have met her.
RIP lady...you deserve it!
Jon E. Szostak, Sr.
"donpaolo" <donp...@erols.com> wrote in message
news:z9qdnVTYQIzlMqrY...@rcn.net...
dtritter
bersderk, just what is your kind of humor? the perverse inarticulate
brand of your undoubted inebriated insult must constitute, real knee
slapping merriment. one may only assume that the millions who laughed
with anna russell were just some relatives of sukarno, with no sense of
humor.
gerberk
a.. 5 would control 32% of the entire world's wealth, and all of them would
be US citizens
That is humor Mr tritter if you ask me
"dtritter" <dtri...@speakeasy.net> schreef in bericht
news:8LWdnXe5vK64TqXY...@speakeasy.net...
dtritter
somebody call that runaway car back. he didn't finish the job.
Ortrud Jones
someone throw the car in reverse and run over Feca a few times!
-Ortrud Jones
dtritter wrote:
>
>
> somebody call that runaway car back. he didn't finish the job.
.