One of the problems that we face through the media attention that these artists receive is that there has been an awful lot of talk about opera and classical music being elite and being for an elitist group.

The family lives in north London. She 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. Garrett created the role of Cathy in the London studio recording of Bernard J.

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".