Soprano Lesley Garrett has revealed her impending 70th birthday has made her think about quitting singing.

The classical music star says she would hate for audiences to complain she was no longer as good as she used to be at the height of her fame.

So with her landmark birthday looming in April she has started to ponder retiring while she is still ahead.

Lesley, who was the principal soprano for the English National Opera and has also performed in musicals in the West End, said: “I’m now…