With that company, he played the Marquis de Vardeuil, in Captain Therèse by Robert Planquette, at the Union Square Theatre, New York, in February 1892.
[3] His London debut came with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre in 1893, where he created the role of Lord Dramaleigh in the original production of Utopia, Limited.
[3] In between these runs, Russell played roles in musical comedies in West End theatres, including A Gaiety Girl (1894), Baron Golosh (1895), The Yashmak (1897), and then in a series of highly successful shows: The Geisha (1898), A Greek Slave(1898), The Gaiety Girl (1899) and San Toy (1899–1901), mostly at Daly's Theatre under the management of George Edwardes.
[3] From 1902 to 1904, Russell returned to D'Oyly Carte, appearing in his old tenor roles and adding to his repertoire Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance, the Duke of Dunstable in Patience, Earl Tolloller in Iolanthe, Nanki-Poo in The Mikado, Marco in The Gondoliers and Ralph Rackstraw in H.M.S.
[3] Russell appeared again at Daly's in 1906 to 1907 in The Geisha, Amasis, and Les Merveilleuses, after which he acted no more until 1910 with the Beecham Light Opera Company.