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Lesley Garrett
Overview
Lesley Garrett is Britain’s best known soprano, regularly appearing in opera, music theatre, concert, on television and CD. Her operatic career included engagements at WNO before joining English National Opera in 1984. In 2000 Garrett published her autobiography, Notes from a Small Soprano. She was made a Commander of the British Empire in the 2002 New Year's Honours List for Services to Music and is a Fellow and Board Member of the Royal Academy of Music.
Recent engagements: Mrs Rutland Marnie (English National Opera); Val Pleasure (Psappha); Despina Così fan tutte (Garsington Opera)