Lesley Garrett

British opera singer born April 10, 1955 in Thorne (near Doncaster), South Yorkshire, UK. Graduated from the Royal Academy of Music, where she is now a Fellow, and was previously a Principal Soprano at the English National Opera, where she is now a member of the Board. Garrett won the Decca Prize of the Kathleen Ferrier Award in 1979 and in 2002 was appointed a CBE for her services to music.