Speaking of melancholy, if this music doesn't do it for you, nothing will: the music of people who didn't realize their world was just about to crash down around their ears.
For the past ten years, Ute Lemper has been the foremost interpreter of Weill. Forget the Teresa Stratas types who try to sing Weill operatically; Lemper knows that the gutteral, Lenya-ish way is the only way.
(Deuce of Clubs interview with Ute Lemper)
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