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Infobox musical artist | name = Ute Lemper| image = Ute Lemper.jpg| caption = Ute Lemper| image_size = 150px| landscape = yes| background = solo_singer| birth_date = birth date and age|1963|07|04|df=yes|birth_place = Münster , West Germany | death_date =| genre = Cabaret | occupation = Singer , actress | years_active = 1987–present| label = Decca Records|Decca / Universal Music Group|Universal Classics | website = http://www.utelemper.com/ www.utelemper.com Ute Lemper (born 4 July 1963) is a German chanteuse and actress renowned for her interpretation of the work of Kurt Weill .
Biography
Born in Münster , Germany , Ute Gertrude Lemper was raised in a Roman Catholic family. She joined the punk music group known as the Panama Drive Band at the age of 16. Later, she graduated from the Dance Academy in Cologne and the Max Reinhardt Seminar y Drama School in Vienna . http://www.deccaclassics.com/artists/lemper/biog.html Decca Music Group" Biography
Her diverse credits include musicals, such as her breakthrough role in the original Viennese cast of Cats (musical)|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 (musical)|Cabaret , and Velma Kelly in Chicago (musical)|Chicago (Lemper has played the role of Velma Kelly in Chicago in both London and New York. She won the Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in London). She also dubbed the singing voice of Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid for German-speaking audiences. The movie has since been redubbed for a second run in theaters in 1998, and was never released on DVD in its original German dub.
A painter in the Neoclassicism|neoclassical style, Lemper's paintings have been showcased in numerous galleries.
Lemper, a mother of four, resides on the Upper West Side section of Manhattan in New York City . She performs worldwide, recently even in the war-torn Middle East. Her autobiography was published in Berlin in 1995.Lemper, Ute. Unzensiert . Berlin: Henschel, 1995. ISBN 978-3-89487-213-7 She has also authored several journal articles.
Film and television work
She starred as Marie Antoinette for ''L'Autrichienne (1989, directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre ), and subsequently appeared in films such as Prorva (film)|Prorva , Bogus (film)|Bogus , Jean Galmot, aventurier , Prospero's Books , Appetite(film)|Appetite and Pręt-ŕ-Porter (film)|Pręt-ŕ-Porter (in the latter appearing in a well-publicised nude scene filmed while she was pregnant, and she received National Board of Review for Ensemble Cast award). She has contributed to the soundtracks of numerous films, including The Voyager , Kissing Jessica Stein and Appetite.
In 2007, Lemper was a juror in Let's Dance (German TV series)|Let's Dance , the German version of Dancing with the Stars .
Recording
Lemper, named '' Billboard (magazine)|Billboard 's'' Crossover Artist of the Year for 1993/1994, is a prolific recording artist, appearing on numerous cast recording s and compilation concert s, including Roger Waters ' " The Wall – Live in Berlin|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 locations in 1930s Berlin and elsewhere. She recorded Illusions (disc)|Illusions in 1992, devoted to the songs of Marlene Dietrich and Édith Piaf . She has numerous pop album s, variously in English, French language|French , and German, and 2000s lauded modern Punishing Kiss . Punishing Kiss featured songs written especially for her by the likes of Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker , Nick Cave , Tom Waits , Elvis Costello , Philip Glass , and Neil Hannon , the latter of whom performed with her on two of the album's tracks. Lemper is known for wild interpretations on discs like the Sondheim tribute City of Strangers (disc)|City of Strangers , containing a particularly mannered version of the Elaine Stritch -popularized song " The Ladies Who Lunch (song)|The Ladies Who Lunch ". In 1998, a Lemper compilation, All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper , was released. In 2003 and 2006 Lemper's songwriting talents were shown on her discs from those years as she moved from being an interpretive singer to a singer/songwriter.
City of Strangers: Songs by Sondheim, Prévert... (1995)
Die Eisprinzessin (1995)
Birds in Cages (1995)
Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame (1996)
Bogus (film)|Bogus (1996)
Berlin Cabaret Songs (versions in English and German, 1996/1997)
Nuits Étranges (1997)
All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper (1998)
Chicago (London cast recording, 1998)
Kurt Gerrons Karussell (1999)Red Moon/WEA 3984-27075
Punishing Kiss (2000)
Little Water Song (2000)
But One Day... (2002, Decca/Universal Classics)
Blood & Feathers: Live from the Café Carlyle (2005)
Between Yesterday and Tomorrow (2009)
Paris Days, Berlin Nights (2012)
References
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External links
http://www.utelemper.com/ The World of Ute Lemper - the official Ute Lemper website
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http://youtube.com/watch? v=GJM-RTaLlvQ Video including Lemper's performance as Ariel
http://www.archive.org/details/the_saga_of_jenny Ute Lemper performs " The Saga of Jenny " by Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin (public domain)
http://kultur-fibel.de/Ute_Lemper-1.htm Ute Lemper German Interview with Pictures
OlivierAward MusicalActress 1979–2000Authority control|PND=119245353|LCCN=n/88/625305|VIAF=85457162Persondata | NAME =Lemper, Ute | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =4 July 1963 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Münster , Germany | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Lemper, Ute Category:German female singers Category:Torch singers Category:German stage actors Category:German musical theatre actors Category:German film actors Category:German atheists Category:Laurence Olivier Award winners Category:People from Münster Category:1963 births Category:Living people
