Artist: Lesley Garrett: mp3 download Genre(s): Easy Listening Pop Classical Discography: I Will Wait For You Year: 2002 Tracks: 17 Travelling Light Year: 2001 Tracks: 14 A Soprano Inspired Year: 1998 Tracks: 19 Simple Gifts Year: 1994 Tracks: 16 When I Fall in Love Year: Tracks: 12 One of the almost popular performers in contemporaneous British opera, soprano Lesley Garrett was born in Yorkshire, England on April 10, 1955; afterward attendance her low opera at age 15, she devote her liveliness to vocalizing, and was later awarded a encyclopaedism to London's Royal Academy of Music. In 1979 she won superlative prize at the Kathleen Ferrier Competition, and undermentioned her first gear major performance as Dorinda in Handel's Orlando she earned roles with Opera North and the English National Opera; although Garrett's career was temporarily derailed by nausea, she returned to the stage in 1983, and a year later was named the ENO's principal soprano. Her major roles included Atalanta in Handel's Xerxes, Yum-Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, Papagana in Mozart's Magic Flute, Esmerelda in Smetana's The Bartered Bride and Vivette in La Belle Vivette. to boot, Garrett recorded a series of LPs, including 1992's Diva! A Soprano at the Movies, 1994's Dewy-eyed Gifts, 1996's Soprano in Hollywood and 1998's A Soprano Inspired. |