Here are some fabulous photos of Ute from her January 23, 2018 performance in Hamburg, of ‘Stadtkind’ (a collection of songs of big cities) with the Russische Kammerphilharmonie St. Petersburg. The concert took place in Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, one of the most beautiful and modern theaters in Germany. Click here to see more about this dramatic venue, and click on the images to view the gallery.
Photos by Peter Hundert Photography (www.PeterHundert.com)
For Immediate Release
January 8, 2018
Ute Lemper returns to Café Carlyle with an all-new show, Rendezvous With Marlene, February 27 – March 3. Rendezvous With Marlene is based on a 3-hour phone call and exchange between Marlene Dietrich and Ute in 1988. After receiving the French Molière Award for her performance in Cabaret in Paris, Ute had sent a postcard to Marlene, who had lived at 12 Avenue de Montaigne since 1979, essentially apologizing for all the media attention comparing her to Marlene Dietrich. Ute was just at the beginning of her career in theatre and music, whereas Marlene looked back on a long, fulfilled life of movies, music, incredible collaborations, love stories and stardom. Ute considers it a secret gift to have heard Marlene talk about her life, her work and style, her love for the poet Rilke, her complicated relationship with Germany, her sorrow and her fascinations.
Six days before Ute’s opening night playing the part of Lola in the 1992 Blue Angel production in Berlin – the role that had made Marlene a star in 1928 – Marlene Dietrich passed away in Paris. After her glamorous funeral in La Madeleine, Marlene finally came back to Berlin to be put to rest. Ute tells us Marlene’s story along with singing songs from all chapters of her life — from the Berlin Cabaret Years to her fabulous Burt Bacharach collaborations.
Now 30 years later, after her own extensive international career and also complicated relationship with her home country Germany that she only returns to for concerts, and living the last 30 years between New York, London and Paris, Ute reflects with humor and depth on that unique moment with Marlene.
Performances will take place Tuesday – Saturday at 8:45pm. Weekday pricing begins at $65 per person / Bar Seating: $40 / Premium Seating: $115. Weekend pricing begins at $80 per person / Bar Seating: $50 / Premium Seating: $130. Reservations can be made by phone at 212.744.1600 or online via Ticketweb. Café Carlyle is located in The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (35 East 76th Street, at Madison Avenue).
Ute Lemper’s career is vast and varied. She has made her mark on the stage, in films, in concert and as a unique recording artist on more than 30 albums over an esteemed 30-year career. She has been universally praised for her interpretations of Berlin cabaret songs, the works of Kurt Weill and Berthold Brecht and the Chansons of Marlene Dietrich, Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Léo Ferré, Jacques Prévert, Nino Rota, Astor Piazzolla, her own compositions, as well as her portrays in musicals and plays on Broadway, in Paris, Berlin and in London’s West End.
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About Café Carlyle at The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel
Originally opened in 1955, Café Carlyle is New York City’s bastion of classic cabaret entertainment, a place where audiences experience exceptional performers at close range in an exceedingly elegant setting. Since composer Richard Rodgers moved in as The Carlyle’s first tenant, music has been an essential part of The Carlyle experience. No place is that more evident than in the Café Carlyle.
Café Carlyle is known for talents including Woody Allen, who regularly appears on Monday evenings to play with the Eddy Davis New Orleans jazz band. For three decades, Café Carlyle was synonymous with the legendary Bobby Short, who thrilled sell-out crowds for 36 years. His spirit lives on through the music at Café Carlyle.
Continuing the tradition of the 1930s supper club, Café Carlyle features original murals created by French artist Marcel Vertès, the Oscar-winning art director of the 1952 Moulin Rouge.
American Airlines in-flight magazine, American Way, recently included Café Carlyle within their 2017 Platinum List as one of the Top 3 Music Venues in the World.
For more information, please contact Matt Gross at Blake Zidell & Associates, 718.643.9052, matt@blakezidell.com.
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Click here for more information about this fascinating program, and visit the calendar page to select a performance and purchase tickets.
By Robert Viagas
Playbill, 8 January, 2018
German singer and actor Ute Lemper returns to Café Carlyle in New York City February 27 to March 3 with an all-new show, Rendezvous With Marlene, featuring songs made famous by Marlene Dietrich.
Lemper recounts the life of the iconic German-born film star (1901–1992) along with singing songs from all chapters of Dietrich’s life—from the Berlin cabaret years of the 1920s through her movie career to her live shows in the 1950s–1970s and her Burt Bacharach collaborations. Dietrich also made two concert appearances on Broadway, in 1967 and 1968…
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Tune in again on Tuesdays on VOX TV in Germany to see Ute’s participation in “6 Mutter mit Kind und Karriere”.
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Üte Lemper, en el Teatro Real – Javier del Real
Date: 30 October, 2017
Publication: ABC (Cultura)
By: Julio Bravo
La cantante alemana ofreció en el Teatro Real su espectáculo ‘Último tango en Berlín’
Hay algo irresistiblemente magnético en Ute Lemper (Münster, Alemania, 1963); algo en su mirada erizada que es al mismo tiempo, intimidante e imponente. Es complicado definirla como artista. Salvando épocas, géneros y, también, personalidades y calidades, su voz tiene, como la tenía la de Maria Callas, algo inaprensible, algo resbaladizo. Su voz es por momentos una cascada de sonidos salvajes;en otros una envolvente seda. Se sumerge con evidente heterodoxia en los territorios de la música francesa y alemana de la primera mitad del siglo XX para lograr resultados que no dejan indiferente a nadie. A algunos –lo confieso: a mí– los hechiza. A otros –se podían escuchar sus comentarios tras su concierto del domingo en el Teatro Real– los irrita. Pero es difícil que pueda dejar indiferente a nadie.
Hacía once años –lo dijo ella misma– que Ute Lemper no pisaba el escenario del Teatro Real. Sí ha estado en este tiempo en otros escenarios de la capital: en 2010 ofreció junto a Mario Gas, en los teatros del Canal, un espectáculo basado en los poemas de Charles Bukowski. En esta ocasión, ha presentado un viaje musical titulado ‘Último tango en Berlín’ en el que ha recorrido a los autores que han marcado su carrera: Frederick Hollaender, Georges Moustaki, Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht, Astor Piazzolla, Jacques Brel, Norbert Schultze, Leo Ferré y Serge Gainsbourg.
El de Ute Lemper es un viaje por universos vaporosos y umbríos, canallas, y es en ellos –especialmente en el alemán– donde se desenvuelve con mayor naturalidad. Es en estas canciones teñidas de clandestinidad y misterio donde adquiere carta de naturaleza su voz escurridiza y su garganta caleidoscópica. Con una formación corta pero absolutamente acomodada a la cantante –piano, bandoneón, contrabajo y violín–, Ute Lemper pisa con firmeza tanto los temas más desbaratados como ‘Lola’, de Hollaender, o el vibrante ‘Die Moritat von Mackie Messer’ con el que cerró la velada (y en el que incluyó compases de otros temas, como ‘All that Jazz’, del musical ‘Chigago’);hasta el repertorio más conmovedor, como el singularmente emocionante ‘Ne me quitte pas’, de Jacques Brel.
‘Último tango en Berlín’
Intérpretes: Ute Lemper, cantante. Vana Gierig, piano. Víctor Villena, bandoneón. Romain Lecuyer. Cyril Garac, violín.
Iluminación: Nicolás Fischtel. Teatro Real, Madrid
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