Lesley Garrett

[TheBaron]

Agricer,

This is interesting news! Sod the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones should be sent off to retrieve footage of the Lost Mountains of La Garret

[ordenstaat]

Lesley Garret did strip on stage, during a performance of 'Der RosenKavalier' - the third picture along the top row of the OP, and the first picture in the middle row of post 11 are stills from this I believe!

Just gotta find a video of it now! ;D

[grdssdrg]

Quote form Lesley Garrett's imdb.com entry

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0308162/bio

"It is vital to keep in shape because opera is about credible casting. If you are playing a fabulous role you have to look fabulous and sometimes you have to wear very skimpy clothing or nothing at all. I've been nude on stage before now and can't afford to have a saggy tush."

So I guess having confirmed that she has been nude on stage we now have to get down to the serious business of tracking down the pictures!

[grdssdrg]

Originally Posted by TheBaron

Where is this topless pic from?

Not sure if it is fake or not - she certainly looks like Lesley.

From a one-time student at a well known North London art college.

[cillaodain]

I can not help with pictures, but thought you might like to know what I just heard on radio here in Ireland. Leslie is doing an interview while I sit at the keyboard. She talked about her nude modelling during her student days. She said it was easier than washing dishes.

She told the interviewer about being nude on stage. She said it happened in Die Fledermaus. She was wearing only a corset, and she was having trouble hitting a top note, so she whipped off the corset and turned her back to the audience. She did not say if that helped her hit the note or simply distracted the audience. It sounded like it was her own idea, and she did it in all performances.

[B Ongo]

Originally Posted by grdssdrg

I think we'd all be interested in a glimpse of her Fledermaus

Yes, it was Fledermaus at ENO in the 1990s when she appeared topless and flashed her bottom. Her bottom received bad reviews (true!). As Fledermaus is by (Johann) Strauss, this is probably why there is confusion with Rosenkavalier, by the other (Richard) Strauss - most unlikely she stripped in this.

[grdssdrg]

Originally Posted by isambard1803

A full strip during Salome does exist - but the soprano was Maria Ewing, not Lesley Garrett. However, Garrett did once flash her bum in a comic opera (Der Rosenkavalier IIRC). I suspect that the Strauss family name, combined with the knowledge that there was a "dance" in Salome may have led to the Garrett striptease myth.

Now if Cecilia Bartoli could be persuaded to go on arevived Colpo Grosso...... >

clip 3mins 55se3cs and grabs at this thread:
http://vintage-erotica-forum.com/sho...081#post299081

[Tonywa]

Garrett's bum flash was during 'Die Fledermaus' in the early 'nineties at ENO. She never sang 'Salome' which would have been way too heavy for her voice. Also those topless pictures are certainly not her. The fees opera singers are paid would ensure that she never had to undertake any modelling work and her subsequent career on television would have made 'La Garrett' a tidy sum.

[grdssdrg]

Originally Posted by Tonywa

Garrett's bum flash was during 'Die Fledermaus' in the early 'nineties at ENO. She never sang 'Salome' which would have been way too heavy for her voice. Also those topless pictures are certainly not her. The fees opera singers are paid would ensure that she never had to undertake any modelling work and her subsequent career on television would have made 'La Garrett' a tidy sum.

See earlier posts #23 onwards. Ms Garrett herself has revealed she used to pose nude for art classes whilst she herself was a student. The images - and attire such as it is - appear to be consistent with the appropriate period and forensic comparison of the facial and head features does indicate a close match. However it for each to make up their own mind and, reading through the thread, you'll discover quite a balanced selection of opinions.

[spearce8]

Originally Posted by grdssdrg

When I was a student at the Royal Academy of Music, I worked as a nude model and if I didn’t get the tips, I basically didn’t eat. I modelled for artists and sculptors, not page three, I promise you.

Does this mean the Pics from a few pages back are the Real Deal?