Ute Lemper
Ute Lemper (born 4 July 1963) is a German singer and actress renowned for her interpretation of the work of Kurt Weill. Her numerous roles in musicals include playing Sally Bowles in the original Paris production of Cabaret, for which she won the 1987 Molière Award for Best Newcomer, and Velma Kelly in the revival of Chicago in both London and New York, which won her the 1998 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical.
Biography
Born in Münster, Germany, Ute Gertrude Lemper was raised in a Roman Catholic family. She joined the jazz-rock 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 Seminary Drama School in Vienna.
Her diverse credits include musicals, such as her breakthrough role in the original Viennese cast of 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 Velma Kelly in 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 voices of Ariel in Disney's The Little Mermaid and Esmeralda in The Hunchback of Notre Dame for German-speaking audiences.
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ALBUMS
- Blood & Feathers released: 2005
- But One Day released: 2002
- Punishing Kiss released: 2000
- All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper released: 1998
- Nuits étranges released: 1997
- Berlin Cabaret Songs released: 1996
- City of Strangers released: 1995
- Espace Indecent released: 1993
- Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, Volume 2 released: 1993
- Michael Nyman Songbook released: 1992
- Illusions released: 1992
- Crimes of the Heart released: 1989
- Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill released: 1988
- Punishing Kiss released:
- Ute Lemper performs Kurt Weill released:
- Ute Lemper singt Kurt Weill released:
- Berlin Cabaret Songs (Sung in English) released:
- Life Is a Cabaret released:
All That Jazz: The Best of Ute Lemper
Released 1998- All That Jazz
- Mein Herr
- Don't Tell Mama
- Whenever We Get Close
- Careless Love Blues
- Mack the Knife
- Alabama-Song
- Nannas Lied
- Bilbao-Song
- Surabaya-Johnny
- Le Grand Lustucru
- My Ship
- Want to Buy Some Illusions
- They Call Me Naughty Lola
- L'Accordéoniste
- La Vie En Rose
- Psalm
- When the Special Girlfriend
- The Smart Set
- I Am a Vamp!
- The Lavender Song
Berlin Cabaret Songs
Released 1996- Alles Schwindel
- Sex-Appeal
- Peter, Peter, komm zu mir zurück!
- Das Gesellschaftslied
- Wenn die beste Freundin
- Ich bin ein Vamp!
- L'heure bleue
- Zieh dich aus, Petronella!
- Raus mit den Männern!
- Der Verflossene
- Gesetzt den Fall
- Ich weiß nicht, zu wem ich gehöre
- Das lila Lied
- Maskulinum - Femininum
- Mir ist heut so nach Tamerlan!
- Eine kleine Sehnsucht
- Wir wollen alle wieder Kinder sein!
- Münchhausen
Illusions
Released 1992- Want to Buy Some Illusions
- Ich bin die fesche Lola / They Call Me Naughty Lola
- Les Feuilles mortes
- Padam
- Elle fréquentait la rue Pigalle
- Ich bin Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt / Falling in Love Again
- Black Market
- T'es beau, tu sais
- Jonny, wenn du Geburtstag hast
- L'Accordéoniste
- 'Round Midnight
- La Vie en rose
- Non, je ne regrette rien
- Want to Buy Some Illusions
Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill
Released 1988- Der Silbersee: Fennimores Lied (Ich bin eine arme Verwandte)
- Der Silbersee: Cäsars Tod
- Die Dreigroschenoper: Die Moritat von Mackie Messer
- Die Dreigroschenoper: Salomon-Song
- Die Dreigroschenoper: Die Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit
- Berliner Requiem: Zu Potsdam unter den Eichen
- Nannas Lied
- Der Silbersee: Lied des Lotterieagenten (Was zahlen Sie für einen Rat?)
- Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Alabama-Song
- Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny: Denn wie man sich bettet
- Je ne t'aime pas
- One Touch of Venus: I'm a Stranger Here Myself
- One Touch of Venus: Westwind
- One Touch of Venus: Speak Low
Ute Lemper singt Kurt Weill
- Bilbao-Song
- Complainte de la Seine
- Firebrand of chappell
- Barbara-Song
- Ballade vom ertrunkenen Madchen
- Die rote Rosa
- Lied von der harten Nuss
- Surabaya-Johnny
- Matrosen-Tango
- Die Ballade von der Hollenlili
- Ach badenken Sie, Herr Jakob Schmidt
- Lied von dem braunen Lnseln
- Der Abschiedsbrief
- Wie lange noch
- J' attend un navire
- Youkali
- September-Song
- Tschaikowsky
- Trouble man
- My ship
Berlin Cabaret Songs (Sung in English)
- Mischa Spoliansky / It's All a Swindle
- Friedrich Hollaender / Sex Appeal
- Rudolf Nelson / Peter, Peter
- Spoliansky / The Smart Set
- Spoliansky / When the Special Girlfriend
- Spoliansky / I Am a Vamp!
- Spoliansky / L'heure bleue
- Hollaender / Take It Off, Petronella!
- Hollaender / Chuck Out the Men!
- Berthold Goldschmidt / The Washed-up Lover
- Hollaender / O Just Suppose
- Hollaender / I Don't Know Who I Belong To
- Arno Billing / The Lavender Song
- Spoliansky / Maskulinum - Femininum
- Nelson / A Little Attila
- Hollaender / A Little Yearning
- Hollaender / Oh, How We Wish That We Were Kids Again
- Hollaender / Munchhausen
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I Dreamed A Dream (Les Miserables)
by: Ute LemperThere was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we'll live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So much different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
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