Lesley Garrett

Lesley Garrett CBE ( born April 10, 1955 in Thorne (South Yorkshire ) ) is an English soprano.

Lesley Garrett grew up in a musical family. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music. From 1984, she worked as a singer at the English National Opera. She appeared in the plays of Serse, Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte and Die Fledermaus with. In 2002 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire awarded for their "merits of the music." In 2004, she was one of the first dance couples on the program Strictly Come Dancing, where she reached the third place along with the ballroom dancers Anton du Beke. In 2005, she toured as The Merry Widow in a production for Welsh National Opera by Britain. In 2006, she played the Mother Abbess in The Sound of Music.

Discography ( albums)

  • Prima Donna (1992 )
  • Simple Gifts (1994 )
  • The Lesley Garrett Album ( 1994) - UK # 25
  • Soprano in Red (1995 ) - UK # 59
  • Soprano in Hollywood ( 1996) - UK # 53
  • A Soprano Inspired (1997) - UK # 48
  • Lesley Garrett (1998) - UK # 34
  • I Will Wait For You (2000) - UK # 28
  • Travelling Light (2001) - UK # 75
  • The Singer (2002)
  • So Deep is the Night (2003)
  • When I Fall In Love (2007) - UK # 11
  • Amazing Grace (2008) - UK # 50
  • A North Country Let (2012 ) - UK # 66
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