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
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Seeing that made me understand how profound the drama of opera was and how music theatre is the most powerful audiovisual form there is.
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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.
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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.
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To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.
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Opera is credible drama now, and it costs less than going to a football match. What have you got to lose?
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So between my mother playing two-part inventions by Bach on the piano and my dad singing Ivor Novello, I became what I am today.
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You've got to very much be part of today's society and you've got to use 21st Century techniques to draw attention to what you believe in.
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I credit him with getting me started in television,
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I love being blown away by something bigger than myself, like a ship on a stormy sea, and Peter Grimes does that.
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It was really lovely to find another way to express music. I found that singing and dancing have such a lot in common.
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I wouldn't want to criticise someone like Charlotte Church because she has done fantastically well, but personally I've always cared about the long term.
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What's real is your ability to sing, your ability to entertain the public, your goals to be the best artist you can.
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But you mustn't get seduced by the kind of fame that comes with media attention.
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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.