Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett, CBEis an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality. She is noted for being at home in opera and "crossover music"...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionOpera Singer
Date of Birth10 April 1955
audience i-can presenting
I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.
sopranos inspired andrew
Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.
artist media groups
One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.
football drama opera
Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?
musical yorkshire heritage
The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.
artist people able
What people really should be able to be confident in is that the standards of music- making that classically trained musicians present is elite, it is the best and all of us as artists should be committed to that.
successful careers singing
There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.
home opera
To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.
engaging right-now
I'm engaging my diaphragm as I'm speaking to you right now.
hygiene vocal
I do a lot of vocal hygiene.
voice support singing
I also have to support my speaking voice by sitting in a way that engages the diaphragm in the way I would for singing.
important opera way
As far as I was concerned the important thing was that the music was getting the attention as well as me so it was always a great way to get more of the public to connect with classical music, and opera particularly.
years house opera
I performed in Sydney some years ago for the Sydney Festival and I am just so pleased to be returning to the wonderful Sydney Opera House and also performing in Melbourne for the first time.
beautiful singing saws
I saw The Sound of Music when I was 10 and thought that it was the most beautiful singing I had ever heard.