Lesley Garrett has had an extensive music career. A graduate of the Royal A… Read Full Bio ↴Lesley Garrett has had an extensive music career. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music, originally from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England Garrett won the Kathleen Ferrier Prize in 1979, thereby launching her career. During her time as principal soprano at English National Opera, she became well-known for her performances in productions of the operas Le Nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte and Die Fledermaus.
Garrett has performed across the whole world and has also sung opera and pop classics with Bryan Ferry, The Eurythmics and Mick Hucknall to celebrate the arrival of the new century on Millennium Eve, in the grounds at the Royal Observatory and National Maritime Museum.
She played the lead role of Hanna Glawari, in the Welsh National Opera's production of The Merry Widow, which toured the United Kingdom in 2005. As of November 2006, Garrett was performing as Mother Abbess for six months, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's revival of The Sound of Music.
As a recording artist, Garrett has released eleven solo albums. Many of her albums have received gold and silver status. Soprano in Red received the Gramophone Award for "Best-selling Classical Artist of the Year". Garrett was also a featured artist on the platinum selling Perfect Day single released by the BBC in aid of Children in Need.
Garrett is a member of the board of the English National Opera. In 2002, she was awarded the CBE for services to music.
She is also a presenter on the UK commercial radio station "Classic FM".
Garrett has performed across the whole world and has also sung opera and pop classics with Bryan Ferry, The Eurythmics and Mick Hucknall to celebrate the arrival of the new century on Millennium Eve, in the grounds at the Royal Observatory and National Maritime Museum.
She played the lead role of Hanna Glawari, in the Welsh National Opera's production of The Merry Widow, which toured the United Kingdom in 2005. As of November 2006, Garrett was performing as Mother Abbess for six months, in Andrew Lloyd Webber's revival of The Sound of Music.
As a recording artist, Garrett has released eleven solo albums. Many of her albums have received gold and silver status. Soprano in Red received the Gramophone Award for "Best-selling Classical Artist of the Year". Garrett was also a featured artist on the platinum selling Perfect Day single released by the BBC in aid of Children in Need.
Garrett is a member of the board of the English National Opera. In 2002, she was awarded the CBE for services to music.
She is also a presenter on the UK commercial radio station "Classic FM".
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03Greensleeves (English Folk Song)Lesley Garrett/Philip Ellis/Tiffin School Boys' Choir/London Voices
04Jerusalem, on a Text by William Blake, Op. 208: "And did those feet in ancient time" (Orchestral Version)Lesley Garrett, Philip Ellis, The London Voices & Tiffin School Boys' Choir
07Chants D'Auvergne (Arr. Joseph Canteloube): Chut, Chut (IV/4)Lesley Garrett, Paul Daniel & The London Session Orchestra
08Chants d'Auvergne (arr. Joseph Canteloube): Baïlèro5:44Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra
11For No One / Blackbird (from various albums by The Beatles) - Medley4:37Lesley Garrett/George Martin
13Music for Robert Mulligan's Movie "Summer of '42" (1971): No. 8, The Summer Knows4:49Lesley Garrett/Michel Legrand/Michael Ball
15O Waly Waly (Scottish Folk Song)Lesley Garrett/London Voices/Tiffin School Boys' Choir/Philip Ellis
19Scarborough Fair (English Ballad)Lesley Garrett/Ian Bostridge/London Voices/Tiffin School Boys' Choir/Philip Ellis
22So Deep is the Night (Tristesse)5:15Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra/Zoe Mather
23Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3 Scene 2: "Thy hand Belinda … When I am laid in earth" (Dido)Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra
25Brezairola (From Chants De Auvergne)Lesley Garrett, Marcia Crayford, Jonathan Williams, Philip Ellis & Orchestra
28Cuatro Madrigales amatorios: De los álamos vengo, madre2:17Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra
29Siete Canciones populares españolas: Jota3:19Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra/Zoe Mather
30Siete canciones populares españolas: Nana2:48Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra/Zoe Mather
32Così fan tutte K588, Act 1, Scene 2: Terzettino: Soave sia il vento (Dorabella/Don Alfonso/Fiordiligi)2:49Lesley Garrett/Paul Daniel/London Session Orchestra/Victoria Simmonds/Peter Savidge
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The Very Best of Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett/Philip Ellis Lyrics
I Dreamed a Dream There was a time when men were kind When their…