Sally-Anne Russell

One of Australia’s most popular and versatile performers, Sally-Anne is a principal mezzo soprano with Opera Australia. She is also in demand on the concert platform and frequently appears as a recitalist and recording artist. She has sung in fifteen countries and has over forty operatic roles to her credit.

Operatic roles include Isabella - L’Italiana in Algeri, Angelina - La Cenerentola, Rosina - Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Jo - Little Women (Australian Premiere), Cherubino - Le Nozze di Figaro (Green Room Award Nomination),2nd/3rd Ladies - Die Zauberflote, Dorabella -Cosi fan Tutte, Bradamante - Alcina, Sesto - Guilio Cesare, Amastris - Xerses, Juno/Ino -Semele, Ursula – Béatrice et Bénédict, Lucienne – Die Tote Stadt,  Mistress Quickly - Falstaff, Suzuki – Madama Butterfly, Dido – Dido & Aeneas, Stephano – Romeo & Juliet,
Mallika – Lakme and Hansel – Hansel and Gretel.

Sally-Anne can be heard on over 30 CD’s including - ‘Enchanting’- solo disc of operatic arias, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater (2005 Listeners Choice ARIA Award),  Bach Arias and Duets (ARIA Nominated), Top 100 ABC Concert Gala, Opera Australia’s Golden Jubilee DVD, Swoon DVD, Opera Australia 50th Anniversary DVD (all ABC Classics), Prokofiev’s Love for Three Oranges (CHANDOS) and The No 1 Classical Album 2007 (DECCA).

For the 2008/09 seasons, appearances include Suzuki in Madama Butterfly for Opera Australia, Nicklausse and the Muse In Tales of Hoffmann for State Opera of South Australia, concerts for Musica Viva, Melbourne and Sydney Symphonies and a 7th season as resident mezzo soloist at the Carmel Bach Festival in California. CD releases include Don John of Austria with Sydney Symphony, Juditha Triumphans with Pinchgut Opera, Durufle Requiem and a disc of Lanier and Purcell with NY theorboist Richard Kolb.