UTE LEMPER.

"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 Cafe Carlyle and most recently, Between Yesterday and Today.