Waters' 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 in 1992, devoted to the songs of Marlene Dietrich and Édith Piaf. She has recorded numerous pop albums, variously in English, French, and German. Punishing Kiss (2000) featured songs written especially for her by the likes of 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, containing a particularly mannered version of the Elaine Stritch-popularized 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. Discography Cats (original German cast recording, 1983) Ute Lemper singt Kurt Weill (1987) Life is a Cabaret (1987) Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill (1988) Starlight Express (original German cast recording, 1988) Crimes of the Heart (1989) Die Dreigroschenoper (1990) The Seven Deadly Sins (1990) The Wall – Live in Berlin by Roger Waters - Sings on The Thin Ice and The Trial (1990) Arielle, die Meerjungfrau (1990) Prospero's Books (1991) Ute Lemper Live: Ihre Großen Tournee-Erfolge (1991) The Michael Nyman Songbook (1991) Homo Faber (1991) Guarda La Fotografia (1991) Illusions (1992) Komisch' Wetter (1992) Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill – Volume 2 (1993) Espace Indécent (1993) Portrait of Ute Lemper (1995) City of Strangers: Songs by Sondheim, Prévert... (1995) Die Eisprinzessin (1995) Der Glöckner von Notre-Dame (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) Punishing Kiss (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) Forever: The Love Poems of Pablo Neruda (2013) The 9 Secrets (based on texts from Paulo Coelho's book "Manuscript Found in Accra") (2015) Rendezvous With Marlene (2020) Filmography Film References External links Interview on