Podcast appearances and mentions of Lesley Garrett

It's part 2 with national treasure, Brian Blessed!This time round Brian tells us all about his thoughts on the modern game of football, playing in celebrity football matches with Terry Venables and Henry Cooper, his love of Judo, meeting Joe Dempsey, Joe Lewis and Rocky Marciano and giving none other than Oliver Reed a talking to on set! He even tells us about being trained as a cosmonaut at Star City in Moscow!!!Strap in for another glorious journey with Brian Blessed and his incredible stories!@StageDoorAthleticHosts: Jack Loxton & Rob Shaw CameronProducer: James CourtEdited by: Rob Shaw Cameron@jackloxton1 @robshawcameron@thecourtofjames Stage Door Athletic is a [NON]FICTION PEOPLE Podcast© [NON]FICTION PEOPLE LtdPRS Licence Reference: LE-0036019Z Cars by Johnny Keating ℗ 2013 The Lost Noises OfficeIlkla Moor Baht 'At (Ilkley Moor) [feat. Lesley Garrett, Brian Blessed, Alistair Griffin, Jack Kennedy, Grimethorpe Brass Band, Johnjo Kerr, The Yorkshire Regiment, Rock Up & Sing Choir] by Voices For Yorkshire ℗ 2013 Steelworks Productions Ltd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next in his regular Connect Radio theatre reviews. This week Vidar was reviewing the Lincoln Center Theater's critically acclaimed, multi-award-winning production of that wonderful musical My Fair Lady at the Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday 11 March at 2pm with description by professional Audio Describers Julia Grundy and Jonathan Nash. Charlotte Kennedy stars as Eliza Doolittle, Michael D. Xavier as Henry Higgins, and EastEnders' Adam Woodyatt plays the role of Alfred P. Doolittle. They are joined by world famous soprano Lesley Garrett playing Mrs Pearce and John Middleton (Emmerdale) as Colonel Pickering. Directed by Bartlett Sher (acclaimed for the recent Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The King and I), this sublime production features Frederick Loewe's ravishing score and a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner. My Fair Lady includes the classic songs I Could Have Danced All Night, Get Me to the Church on Time, Wouldn't It Be Loverly and The Rain in Spain. My Fair Lady continues on tour throughout the UK and Ireland and more details about venues and dates can be found by visiting the following website - https://myfairladymusical.co.uk  (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

Last week Mickey-Jo travelled to one of his favourite theatres in the world, the Southampton Mayflower where he'd been invited to see the new touring cast of MY FAIR LADY. The Lincoln Center revival now stars Charlotte Kennedy, Michael Xavier, Adam Woodyatt and Lesley Garrett. Check out the brand new review for his thoughts on this show... • About Mickey-Jo: As one of the leading voices in theatre criticism on a social platform, Mickey-Jo is pioneering a new medium for a dwindling field. His YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MickeyJoTheatre⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is the largest worldwide in terms of dedicated theatre criticism, where he also share features, news and interviews as well as lifestyle content for over 60,000 subscribers. Since establishing himself as a theatre critic he has been able to work internationally. With a viewership that is largely split between the US and the UK he has been fortunate enough to be able to work with PR, Marketing, and Social Media representatives for shows both in New York, London, Hamburg, and Paris. He has also twice received accreditation from the world renowned Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His reviews and features have also been published by WhatsOnStage, for whom he was a panelist to help curate nominees for their 2023 and 2024 Awards as well as BroadwayWorldUK and LondonTheatre.co.uk. He has been invited to speak to private tour groups, at the BEAM 2023 new musical theatre conference at Oxford Playhouse, and on a panel of critics at an event for young people considering a career in the arts courtesy of Go Live Theatre Projects. Instagram/TikTok/X: @MickeyJoTheatre

From My Fair Lady, actors Adam Woodyatt, Heather Jackson and soprano Lesley Garrett

Adam Woodyatt is living in a field full of COWS while on a break from soap. Ian Beale actor Adam has moved into a mobile home after this split from wife of 22 weeks Beverley Sharp. He is living in Yorkshire ahead of an upcoming theatre role in Bradford. Adam and opera star Lesley Garrett will headline an acclaimed production of My Fair Lady at the Alhambra this autumn. Adam said of the role: “I'm not on stage loads but it's so much fun. The story and characters are ingrained into musical theatre history, as are the two songs I perform: With a Little Bit of Luck and Get Me to the Church on Time. When it came along I was like, ‘I've got to give this a go'.”

Welcome to The College Parent Podcast! On this week's episode RDs Hannah Hanson and Taylor Ruscitti interview Lesley Garrett, former Assistant Director for Undergraduate Scholarships and current Project Manager for Leadership Strategies at Credo and discuss the process and importance of applying for college scholarships.  

Acclaimed soprano Lesley Garrett joins Marty to chat about performing in My Fair Lady at the Bord Gais Energy Theatre and making an early debut in Wexford Festival Opera.

My Fair Lady, the story of the flower seller Eliza Doolittle who is transformed from her humble origins into a proper lady - Released last Friday, Magnify is the fourth album from HamsandwicH - In The Boy Who Never Was, set in 1918, a young queer man exists on the fringes of an intolerant society, at a moment of profound global transformation.

As Grandson of George V, George Lascelles was a first cousin to Queen Elizabeth II and with his distinguished beard and Nero style jackets, he was the very image of aristocracy, moving in the highest of royal circles, yet it was in the Royal Circles of Britain's opera houses that he felt most at home. It was at English National Opera North (now Opera North) that Lesley Garrett first met George. With their shared love of all things musical, and both proudly from Yorkshire, they developed a friendship that was to last a lifetime. Having survived capture during the Second World War (deepening his knowledge of opera whilst interned as a prisoner of war), he dedicated much of his time to making opera accessible to all. He strove to deliver the best of opera for everyone, with a genuine passion and commitment that inspired all those he worked with. During his career he served as Director of The Royal Opera House, Chairman of the Board of The English National Opera, Managing Director of the ENO, Managing Director of English National Opera North (now Opera North) and outside of opera he served as a Governor of the BBC and President of the British Board of Film Classification. His other great passion was football. He served as President of Leeds United Football Club from 1961 until his death and was President of the Football Association from 1963 to 1972. As Lesley recalls, he believed that both music and sport were 'levelling', that in these worlds there were no kings or paupers. Throughout his life he supported both of these passions, opening doors for everyone, instilling values of accessibility that live on till this day. He died on 11th July 2011 aged 88. Lesley is joined by Professor Alexandra Wilson, a musicologist, author and cultural historian, specialising in Italian opera and British operatic culture from the 1920's to the present day. Presented by Matthew Parris Produced by Nicola Humphries for BBC Audio Bristol

King Charles III addresses his nation for the first time as Monarch, and speaks about what his mother meant to the Country, and her family. India Hicks is the cousin of the late Duke of Edinburgh and goddaughter of King Charles III. She joins to share her personal loss of The Queen, the expectations that will be placed on her godfather as he takes over the throne, and the work of the Prince's Trust, for which she is an ambassador. Plus, Trump and the DOJ submit their proposals for the “special master” who will review the documents seized by the FBI in its search of the former president's Mar-a-Lago home. And, opera singer Lesley Garrett, who performed for Queen Elizabeth II over the course of 30-years, joins to reflect on her legacy.Hosted by Don Lemon, from Buckingham Palace, London.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Soprano extraordinaire and National Treasure Lesley Garrett has had an inspirational career in music. Support from the charity Help Musicians got her back on her feet after she suffered a serious illness in her twenties. She chats to Katie Derham about her work as a Help Musicians' Ambassador and pulls no punches in her view of the lack of government support for the arts. Like Soweto Kinch and Xhosa Cole, Alicia Hillman is continuing in the tradition of great Birmingham saxophonists. She tells Katie how support from Help Musicians has been vital for her career. We get a sneak preview of 'We Are One' which The People's Orchestra will be performing at Birmingham 2022 and composer John Koutsalinis tells us about his inspiration for the piece. We hear from Dean Williams from Orchestre Philharmonia Mundi de Montreal who'll be joining The People's Orchestra for their performance and reporter Jamie Parker catches us with players as they rehearse for the big day on Sunday 24th July in Birmingham. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shane Hampsheir This was a fun chat with a great talent. Have a listen as Shane talks about his musical journey Shane has performed a number of highly acclaimed one-man shows in jazz clubs and theatres in the UK and Europe and is widely regarded as one of the country's top swing singers and is in constant demand with many big bands and orchestras including the Ronnie Scott's Jazz Orchestra. Shane was asked by Universal Records to record Michael Bublé's hit single ‘Home' for the compilation album ‘You Raise Me Up – 2008'. In March 2009, the recording was re-released as the title track on a double CD featuring such artists as Katherine Jenkins, Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Louis Armstrong, Boyzone, Lesley Garrett, Girls Aloud, Jamie Cullum and many more. Since then, Shane's version of ‘Home' has appeared on 6 top 10 albums World-wide, with more of the biggest stars in the music world. ​Shane has performed in London's most prestigious jazz clubs such as Ronnie Scott's, Pizza Express and 606 Club, in his own right and with the Ronnie Scott's Big Band, Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Peter Long Orchestra, Nick Ross Orchestra, The Debbie Curtis Radio Big Band, The Len Phillips Big Band and around the country with his own big band and swing band. ​In May 2016, Shane released his debut single, 'Brazil' - arranged by Evan Jolly - which reached number 1 in the iTunes Jazz Chart, above Frank Sinatra, Gregory Porter and Ella Fitzgerald. ​ In March 2017, Shane released his own debut big band album featuring the UK's top jazz musicians and showcasing arrangements by composer and master arranger, Evan Jolly. Shane recorded songs such as, 'I Put a Spell on You', 'Hallelujah, I Love Her So' and 'Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps' as well as original compositions, 'By Your Side', 'Take Your Chances', 'Cried Away', 'My Lover's Heart' and 'Save Yourself'. ​The Autumn of 2017 saw Shane embark on his next musical journey, performing his show for Celebrity Cruises, Princess Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL). So far, Shane has performed on over 25 cruises travelling all over the world - from Italy to Greece, France to Morocco, New York to Copenhagen, Sri Lanka to Hong Kong, Florida to Lisbon, Taiwan to Hong Kong and Abu Dhabi to  Quote from The Upcoming - … Shane's manipulation of the audience is certainly a sight to behold. Very few can create such an atmosphere of pure, unadulterated joy in the way that Shane can. “ To contact Shane visit http://www.shanehampsheir.co.uk To support the podcast and get access to features about guitar playing and song writing visit https://www.patreon.com/vichyland and also news for all the creative music that we do at Bluescamp UK and France visit www.bluescampuk.co.uk   For details of the Ikaro music charity visit www.ikaromusic.com   Big thanks to Josh Ferrara for the music ​

Find out exactly what Meat Loaf will and won't do to gain your affection as we delve into his comeback hit "I'd Do Anything for Love"! Covers by: Vox Mystica, Reverse Osmosis, Future Idiots, G4 and Lesley Garrett, Tyce Spotify playlist here

International soprano Lesley Garrett has delighted the world’s biggest audiences for over 40 years – from London’s Royal Opera House to America’s Hollywood Bowl. She’s performed with every leading orchestra as well as with the likes of Bryan Ferry and the Eurythmics, with whom she sang on the eve of the millennium, and has produced over a dozen best-selling albums. She’s also a familiar face on our television screens, presenting and appearing in countless shows.Lesley encountered dementia when a close relative succumbed to it and says that even when her aunt became so ill that she couldn’t remember her own children’s names, “the sound of music she adored, sung by someone she adored had a tremendous effect on her. She would open her eyes, shake, and tears would pour down her face”. So moved was Lesley by this experience that she became patron of a charity dedicated to improving the lives of people with dementia through music. It’s called Lost Chord, and it is because of our shared passion to bring music into the lives of those with this incurable condition that she and I came together for this podcast. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed recording it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kate hails originally from the North East. She qualified with BAHons in History from Durham University before moving to London to pursue her dream of becoming a performer, beginning with a postgraduate course in Musical Theatre at the Royal Academy of Music. She was awarded the DipRAM for her study year, gained a teaching qualification (LRAM) and has since been made an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) for excellence in her field. Kate continues to explore aspects of vocal technique (including Estill method to advanced level) and is currently studying for a PGCert in Performance teaching at the Guildhall Schools of Music and Drama. Kate is currently playing Diane in Come From Away at the Phoenix Theatre, London. Theatre credits include Tanya in Mamma Mia (Novello Theatre) Cherry Sunday in the Original London Cast of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Tanya in Mamma Mia! (International tour), Mrs Wilkinson in Billy Elliot the Musical (Victoria Palace theatre), Hold Me Touch Me in the Original London Cast of The Producers (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), Babette in Disney's Beauty and the Beast (Dominion Theatre London and National Tour), A Bowl of Cherries (Charing Cross Theatre), Lucy in The Thing About Men (Landor Theatre), Miranda in A Comedy of Arias (King's Head and Jermyn St), Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd (Derby Playhouse), Stepmother in Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella (Bristol Old Vic), Elvira in High Spirits (Bridewell), Original Cast of Dick Barton Special Agent (Croydon Warehouse and National tours), Dick Barton and the Curse of the Pharaoh's Tomb (Greenwich), Jerry Springer The Opera (BAC),  No Way to Treat a Lady (Art's Theatre), Les Miserables (German Tour), Three Lost Souls (BAC and King's Head).Kate's first professional work upon leaving college was a concert with the Stephen Hill Singers for Radio 2. From then she became a regular member of 'Capital Voices' run by Annie Skates and has enjoyed an extremely wide variety of work with them. Solo concert work includes Christmas Singalong (Glasgow Royal Concert Halls), Friday Night is Music Night (Radio 2), Abba Symphonic (BSO), Cole Porter Classics (RFH and Bridgewater Hall), Concert tour with the RAF Central Band. Backing vocals for numerous artists including Westlife, Kylie and The Feeling at Proms in the Park, Russell Watson, Lesley Garrett, Cliff Richard, Elaine Paige, Michael Ball, KD Lang, John Wilson Orchestra and soundtracks including Galavant, Nine, Cats and Jesus Christ Superstar. Kate also appeared in Fiddler on the Roof (as Chava), Guys and Dolls (as Mimi) and Sweet Charity for BBC Radio 2. Alongside her professional work Kate has always enjoyed working with private students at home and has taken masterclasses and private lessons at several colleges including Momentum Performing Arts Academy, Performers College, LSMT, Millennium and RSAMD. She was also the Assistant Children's Director at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and thoroughly enjoyed working with the extremely talented mini cast on their performances.http://www.kategraham.info

Jim White and guests Brian Viner, Claudia Connell and Adrian Thrills ask whether the Masked Singer really is the ultimate in 'so bad it's good TV', Jim speaks to opera singer Lesley Garrett on her four-decade career, plus Jaci Stephens gives her unique perspective on the Golden Globes

Sean Rafferty is joined by singer Lesley Garrett, and the pianist Eric Lu. He also introduces the powerfully spiritual sounds of Qawwali with Chand Ali Khan and Party, and there’s beautifully performed music by Monteverdi.

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How do you put the Bible on stage or make a modern medieval mystery play? Shahidha Bari talks to the National Theatre of Brent's Patrick Barlow as his play The Messiah starts at UK tour. New Generation Thinker Daisy Black watches a new medieval mystery play in Stoke. Plus the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition at the British Library sees a giant Northumbrian Bible returned to Britain for the first time in 1300 years. And historian Iona Hine discusses her research into how we understand biblical stories and what difference translation makes. The Messiah by Patrick Barlow, with additional material by John Ramm, Jude Kelly and Julian Hough opens at Birmingham Repertory Theatre 18 Oct 2018 - 27 Oct 18 starring Hugh Dennis, Lesley Garrett and John Marquez. It tours to Cardiff, Sheffield and Chichester and then goes to the London West End. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War runs at the British Library from Fri 19 Oct 2018 - Tue 19 Feb 2019 covering 600 years and featuring 180 treasures including the Codex Amiatinus, a giant Northumbrian Bible taken to Italy in 716 The Mysteries - newly created dramas by Sam Pritchard and Chris Thorpe have been performed in five different venues across the North of England exploring the impact of different landscapes on communities. All of them can be seen at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester from 25 October–11 November 2018. Iona Hine researches at the University of Sheffield. https://www.dhi.ac.uk/hine/ Her thesis was called Englishing the Bible in Early Modern Europe. Producer: Luke Mulhall

In a special show in front of a live audience at Wellcome Collection, star soprano Lesley Garrett presents music that brings back memories for her - from the people, places and events that have shaped her life and career. Part of Why Music? The Key to Memory, a weekend of live events, concerts and discussions exploring the implications of music's unique capacity to be remembered, produced by Radio 3 in partnership with Wellcome Collection.

Fine Music Radio — Undoubtedly one of South Africa’s best known musicians is the conductor RICHARD COCK whose many concerts such as Star Light Classics, Last Night Of The Proms and Songs of Praise have endeared him to many thousands of people who may never have heard a full symphony orchestra live in their lives. Richard has given many young musicians the chance to appear with a professional symphony Orchestra and has worked closely with international artists such as Joshua Bell, Julian Lloyd-Webber, Lesley Garrett and Pavarotti with the 3 tenors. RICHARD COCK will be Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week, broadcast on Sunday evening just after the 6pm news and again on Thursday just after the 1pm news.

Singer KT Tunstall, Bowie Tribute Live On Mars, comedian Omid D'Jalili, opera from Lesley Garrett with the English National Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Harrogate Youth Theatre Group.

The Saturday Live Summer Road Trip pulls into its final stop in Cromer, Norfolk where Reverend Richard Coles and Kate Silverton broadcast live from the Pavilion Theatre at the end of Cromer Pier. They are joined by Lesley Garrett, one of Britain's most popular sopranos, actor and writer Charlie Higson who found fame with the Fast Show, the double bass playing beatboxer Bellatrix and Steve Ignorant, lead singer of seminal punk band Crass, who became a Norfolk lifeboat man and part time Punch and Judy performer. Richard and Kate discover why the pier became a uniquely British institution from the man who has visited every single pier in the UK, Chris Foote Wood. Hollywood actor Ethan Hawke shares the music he treasures and the music he would like to pass on to future generations in his Inheritance Tracks. Plus Sir Michael Savory who has amassed Britain's largest private collection of tanks at Muckleburgh and Saturday Live reporter JP Devlin gives members of the audience a chance to say Thank You to the people they never got the chance to thank for a good deed done. Producer: Steven Williams Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Soprano Lesley Garrett chats to Sean about her latest operatic role: a toilet attendant.

Mark Gatiss, the writer, actor and Doctor Who fan, gives his response to the re-issue of seven Doctor Who novelisations from the original range by Target Books, and visits the Cartoon Museum's display of original artwork for the books' covers.Evelyn Waugh's classic novel Brideshead Revisited has previously been made for television and the cinema, and has now been adapted for the stage. Playwright Bryony Lavery discusses her new version for the York Theatre Royal.Composer Mark Simpson talks about his new opera set in a gay nightclub. Pleasure stars Lesley Garrett as a toilet attendant, and is premiered tonight by Opera North in Leeds.In Demolition, actor Jake Gyllenhaal plays an investment banker who responds to his wife's death by writing bizarre letters of complaint to a vending company. These lead to an unlikely friendship with a customer service employee, played by Naomi Watts. Larushka Ivan-Zadeh reviews.Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer Angie Nehring.

Rowan Atkinson on returning to the stage; Wilko Johnson on facing death; Light Show at the Hayward Gallery reviewed; Benjamin Britten's latest biographer; Kristin Scott Thomas and Lia Williams on performing Pinter; opera singer Lesley Garrett.

With Kirsty Lang. It's been eight years since Lesley Garrett stepped on to the opera stage. Television, West End musicals and Strictly Come Dancing have been occupying her instead. Now she's back with Opera North, the company she began her career with, in a new production of Poulenc's one woman opera La Voix Humaine. She reflects on playing a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown, and sets a challenge for contemporary opera composers. Feast is a new play created by writers from Cuba, Brazil, America, Britain and Nigeria, and directed by Rufus Norris. It explores the Yoruba culture and what happened to it after slavery created a far flung diaspora. British writer Gbolahan Obisesan and director Rufus Norris discuss the genesis of the project. A new DVD From the Sea to the Land Beyond is a lyrical portrait of Britain's coastline from 1901 to the present day. The film travels through both World Wars, into peacetime and the modern age, and is all drawn from the BFI National Archive. The coast is explored as a place of leisure, industry and wild nature, and the film has been directed by Penny Woolcock, with a specially composed soundtrack by Brighton band British Sea Power. Penny Woolcock and British Sea Power's Martin Noble talk about their collaboration. An American adaptation of Michael Dobbs' political thriller House Of Cards is a genuine first, being a major TV series that is not being shown on television. Instead this big budget drama, starring Kevin Spacey, will be available only via Netflix, the download website. Mark Damazer delivers his verdict on whether this particular house of cards will stand or fall. Producer Stephen Hughes.

Lesley Garrett: Arabesque – Debussy; The Impossible Dream - Man of La Mancha

Richard Coles with broadcaster Esther Rantzen, poet Luke Wright, a man who hoaxed the nation in to believing that Jimi Hendrix had recorded the Welsh national anthem, and a woman who discovered after his death that her husband of 46 years has kept his sexuality secret. There's a guerilla report about pamper parties for young girls and opera singer Lesley Garrett shares her Inheritance Tracks.

Lesley Garrett: Arabesque – Debussy; The Impossible Dream - Man of La Mancha

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the opera singer Lesley Garrett. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her musical Yorkshire family - both her grandfathers were musical entertainers - and how she learnt to read music before she could read books. Having won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, she moved straight into performing and was snapped up by the English National Opera. She'll be discussing her favourite roles and her passionate belief that opera should lose its elitist image.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Broadway Babe Book: Photograph album Luxury: Tightrope

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the opera singer Lesley Garrett. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about her musical Yorkshire family - both her grandfathers were musical entertainers - and how she learnt to read music before she could read books. Having won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music, she moved straight into performing and was snapped up by the English National Opera. She'll be discussing her favourite roles and her passionate belief that opera should lose its elitist image. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Broadway Babe Book: Photograph album Luxury: Tightrope