Lesley Garrett

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lesley Garrett
Occupation	Opera Singer
Date Of Birth	Apr 10, 1955(1955-04-10)
Age	69
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Aries

Lesley Garrett Biography

Lesley Garrett is one of the most popular and richest Opera Singer who was born on April 10, 1955 in England, United Kingdom. Opera soprano and media personality who achieved a top 15 album with When I Fall In Love, her 2007 album.

She finished third to Natasha Kaplinsky, winner of the U.K. Strictly Come Dancing’s first season.

Garrett has had an extensive music career. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and an alumna of the prestigious National Opera Studio, she won the Decca Prize of the Kathleen Ferrier Award in 1979, thereby launching her career. Her professional debut, in 1979, was as Amor in Orontea at the music festival in Batignano. She subsequently sang, in 1980, Alice in Le comte Ory at the London Coliseum and Dorinda in Orlando at the Wexford Festival, in 1981, also at Wexford, the title role in Zaide, in 1982 Sophie in Werther with Opera North and in 1984 Damigella in L’incoronazione di Poppea at Glyndebourne. From 1984, as principal soprano at English National Opera, she became well known for her performances in productions of the operas Serse, Le Nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte Die Fledermaus and The Mikado.

Other recordings include complete audio operas: Mozart’s The Magic Flute (Papagena) conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, Mozart’s Così fan tutte (Despina), also conducted by Mackerras and Yum-Yum in the audio and video recordings of the Jonathan Miller production of The Mikado from ENO, in which she played the leading soprano role, Yum-Yum. She appears on two other DVDs of complete works from English National Opera, Handel’s Ariodante (Dalinda) and Xerxes (Atalanta). In the video of the 1984 Glyndebourne L’incoronazione di Poppea under Raymond Leppard, she sings Nutrice and Valletto.

With her husband Peter, she has two children named Jeremy or Chloe.

Lesley Garrett Net Worth

Lesley Garrett is one of the richest Opera Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lesley Garrett 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After graduating from The Royal Academy of Music in 1979, she made her musical debut on the stage.

She has appeared with both the English National Opera (England) and the Welsh National Opera (Wales).

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”.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Lesley Garrett height 5 ft 4 in Lesley weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Lesley Garrett Dating?

According to our records, Lesley Garrett married to Peter Christian. As of December 1, 2023, Lesley Garrett’s is not dating anyone.

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In 2004, Garrett was one of the participants in the first series of the celebrity talent contest Strictly Come Dancing; she and her dance partner Anton du Beke finished third. In the same year she took part in the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?, a genealogy documentary series, in which she journeyed through her home town of Thorne in search of her family history. She was delighted to discover that the musical gene stretched far back and had run in her family for several generations. Garrett is a veteran of Dictionary Corner on the Channel 4 game show Countdown, and in June 2005 it was thought that she was to become one of the show’s rotating guest hosts while Richard Whiteley was recovering from illness. After Whiteley’s death, however, the plan for rotating guest hosts was abandoned and Des Lynam took the role for the next fifteen months. Garrett did not appear on Countdown again until October 2009.

Facts & Trivia

Lesley Ranked on the list of most popular Opera Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lesley Garrett celebrates birthday on April 10 of every year.

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. In 2006 she sang the role of Mother Abbess in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s revival of The Sound of Music. In 2008, she joined the cast of Carousel as Nettie Fowler. The production toured the UK and then transferred to the West End’s Savoy Theatre. In 2013 she returned to opera with the monodrama La Voix humaine for Opera North.

Top Facts about Lesley Garrett

1. Lesley Garrett is an English soprano singer.
2. She has released 15 solo albums.
3. Garrett has performed in over 90 operatic roles.
4. She was appointed OBE in 2002 for services to music.
5. Garrett has presented numerous TV and radio programs.
6. She is a patron of several charities, including Help Musicians UK.
7. In 2019, she starred in the West End production of “The Marriage of Figaro.”
8. Garrett has sold over two million records worldwide.
9. She trained at the Royal Academy of Music in London.
10. Garrett has performed for Queen Elizabeth II on multiple occasions.

How many children has Lesley Garrett got?

Personal life. Garrett married in May 1991: her husband Dr Peter Christian is a retired GP in Muswell Hill. They have a son, Jeremy, and a daughter, Chloe.

How old is Lesley Garrett?

67 years (April 10, 1955)

Where is Lesley Garrett from?

Thorne, United Kingdom

Is Lesley Garrett a soprano?

English soprano and presenter Lesley Garrett made her Royal Opera debut in 1997 as Valencienne (The Merry Widow) and has since returned to sing Val (Pleasure). Garrett trained at the Royal Academy of Music and the National Opera Studio, and won the 1979 Kathleen Ferrier Competition.

Is Lesley Garrett still married?

Lesley Garrett was born on April 10, 1955 in Waterside, South Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Great Performances (1971), The Mikado (1987) and Margery Booth: The Spy in the Eagle’s Nest (2014). She is married to Peter Christian. They have two children.