Lesley Garrett CBE (born 10 April 1955) is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality. She is noted for being at home in opera and "crossover music". Read full biography of Lesley Garrett →
I'm very pro presenting the best music I can to the widest audience possible.
Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.
The musical heritage of Yorkshire is deep and wide.
There are a lot of unseen elements to having a successful singing career.
To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.
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... →
I wouldn't want to criticise someone like Charlotte Church because she has done fantastically well, but personally I've always cared about... →
It worries me that young singers think you can shortcut the training and go straight to fame and fortune, and programmes like Pop Idol have... →
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... →
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... →
Lesley Garrett CBE (born 10 April 1955) is an English soprano singer, musician, broadcaster and media personality. She is noted for being at home in opera and "crossover music".