After Ute Lemper received the Molière Award for her performance in the Paris production of Cabaret, the press was quick to compare her to Marlene Dietrich. Although she found it hard to live up to the legendary cabaret singer, she went on to gain further acclaim in the chanson genre. Lemper has recorded more than 30 albums, which venture beyond the classics to include songs by the likes of Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, Philip Glass and Nick Cave. Her most recent production, Rendezvous with Marlene, presents Dietrich's greatest hits, while evoking the flaming hell and heaven in which she lived and worked.
During her performance at Müpa on 13 February, Lemper will talk briefly about each of the songs to be performed in English.
