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
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.
sopranos inspired andrew
Nobody inspired me more than Julie Andrews, who is a classically trained soprano herself.
audience i-can presenting
I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.
community musical
I don't just come from a musical family, but from a musical community.
spring sunshine able
I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again.
music communication profound
That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is.
wine glasses people
I would just like to say that opera is no longer about fat people in breastplates shattering wine glasses.
born community upbringing
The community that underpinned my upbringing was born from the pits and the steelworks and the railways.
autumn beautiful city english-musician family history involved last programme trip
Last autumn I made a programme about the history of the Strauss family and of the waltz, which involved a trip to the beautiful city of Vienna.
dance-and-dancing dancing express found lovely singing
It was really lovely to find another way to express music. I found that singing and dancing have such a lot in common.