Short Biography
Ute Lemper returns to Australian stage
ANGELS OVER BERLIN
Wed 19 May 8pm - State Theatre, Sydney
Fri 21 May 8pm - the Arts Centre, Melbourne
"Lemper grabs her audience by the throat the moment she marches into the spotlight..." The Guardian July 2009
The international singing sensation and undisputed queen of cabaret, Ute Lemper, returns to the Australian stage in May for an exclusive series of once-only concerts in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Angels over Berlin is her brand new show. Her recent appearances in Europe and North America have wowed audiences and won the...
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Short Biography
Ute Lemper returns to Australian stage
ANGELS OVER BERLIN
Wed 19 May 8pm - State Theatre, Sydney
Fri 21 May 8pm - the Arts Centre, Melbourne
"Lemper grabs her audience by the throat the moment she marches into the spotlight..." The Guardian July 2009
The international singing sensation and undisputed queen of cabaret, Ute Lemper, returns to the Australian stage in May for an exclusive series of once-only concerts in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Adelaide.
Angels over Berlin is her brand new show. Her recent appearances in Europe and North America have wowed audiences and won the admiration of critics bowled over by the sheer presence and vocal mastery of this talented and charismatic artist at the height of her powers.
Opening in the Weimar Republic Angels over Berlin journeys through the repertoire of Brecht and Weill for which Ute Lemper is justly famous, continuing into the poetic universe of the French chansons of Brel, Piaf, Ferre and further to the Argentinian world of Tango by Astor Piazzolla.
Backed by a superb line-up of musicians - Vana Gierig on piano, Steve Millhouse on bass, Tito Castro on Bandoneo and drummer, Eric Halvorson - Angels over Berlin will show Australian audiences, eager for her return since her triumphant national tour in 2003, why Ute Lemper is regarded as one of the world's great performing artists.
Admired worldwide for her dazzling solo performances and leading roles in Broadway and West End musicals including Cats and Chicago, Ute Lemper is also a successful recording star who achieved major international recognition with the release of Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, Songbook, a collaboration with the British composer Michael Nyman as well as a string of solo recordings including Punishing Kiss, But One Day, Blood & Feathers: Live at the Café Carlyle and most recently, Between Yesterday and Today.
In-depth Biography
German chanteuse Ute Lemper was born in the city of Münster on July 4, 1963; after beginning piano and dance at age nine, she turned to the stage while attending the Max Reinhardt Seminary in Vienna, completing her musical studies in Salzburg, Cologne and Berlin. After starring in the Viennese production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats in 1983, two years later Lemper essayed the title role in the musical comedy Peter Pan; in 1986, she portrayed Sally Bowles in a European revival of Cabaret, winning a Molière award for her performance at Paris' Théâtre Mogador. Upon completing her work in an international tour paying homage to the life and repertoire of Kurt Weill, Lemper turned to film, appearing in Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books and Robert Altman's Ready to Wear; as a recording artist, her albums included the 1991 pop showcase Crimes of the Heart, a collaboration with Michael Nyman titled Songbook and tributes to Weill, Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich. In 1998, she also starred in the West End production of Chicago; The Punishing Kiss followed in the spring of 2000. But One Day..., the first album to feature Lemper's own compositions since 1997's Nuits Étranges, appeared in late 2002. Her first live album, Blood and Feathers: Live at the Cafe Carlyle, was released in mid 2005. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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