Ute Lemper

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Ute Lemper (born July 4, 1963) is a German chanteuse and actress. Born in Münster, she graduated from the Dance Academy in Cologne and the Max Reinhardt Seminary Drama School in Vienna. Her diverse credits include musicals, such as her breakthrough role in the original Viennese cast of the Cats, the title role in Peter Pan, a recreation of the Marlene Dietrich-created Lola in The Blue Angel, the original European Sally Bowles in a Paris production of Cabaret, and the original London revival Velma Kelly in Chicago. Lemper, named Billboard's Crossover Artist of the Year for 1993/1994, is a prolific recording artist, appearing on numerous cast recordings and compliation concerts, including Roger Waters' The Wall concert in 1990. As a solo artist, her extensive discography includes ubiquitously well-reviewed interpretations of Kurt Weill's compositions from the late 1980s, in addition to German cabaret songs, which were very political songs sung in underground location in 1930s Berlin and elsewhere. One disc of Lemper's, Illusions from 1992, is devoted to the songs of Marlene Dietrich and Édith Piaf, an interpretive effort that would be widely panned if most artists were to pursue it but for which Lemper received rave reviews. She has numerous pop albums, variously in English, French, and German, and 2000's lauded modern Punishing Kiss. Punishing Kiss featured songs written especially for her by the likes of Scott Walker, Elvis Costello, and Neil Hannon, the latter of whom perf

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Michael Nyman Songbook

Life Is a Cabaret

Punishing Kiss

Berlin Cabaret Songs

Ute Lemper - Punishing Kiss

Crimes of the Heart

Espace Indecent

Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill

Chicago The Musical (New London Cast Recording (1997))

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All That Jazz - The Best Of Ute Lemper

Illusions

All That Jazz: The Best Of Ute Lemper

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