Lemper

It's fitting that the romantic, cosmopolitan melodies Weill crafted are perfect for Lemper, who explains her affinity for the music.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

If Kurt Weill were alive, he'd worship Ute Lemper.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

Weill, renown for Threepenny Opera and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, could have no better interpreter than Lemper.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

Weill, renown for Threepenny Opera and Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, could have no better interpreter than Lemper.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

The songs of pre-war German composers, especially Weill, forged her musical identity -- and the sexy, sultry Lemper has dazzled international audiences.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

A prolific entertainer, Lemper has recorded more than 30 albums, garnering her first hit with the 1987 debut Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

The songs of pre-war German composers, especially Weill, forged her musical identity -- and the sexy, sultry Lemper has dazzled international audiences.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

Some 15 jazz musicians take Weill's extraordinary scores into "a different universe," explains Ute Lemper.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

If Kurt Weill were alive, he'd worship Ute Lemper.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011

A prolific entertainer, Lemper has recorded more than 30 albums, garnering her first hit with the 1987 debut Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill.

Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Ute Lemper -- The Music of Kurt Weill Fern Siegel 2011