Jacques Brel and Hildegard Knef: both born in the 1920s, one a giant of French chanson, the other one of Germany's two great divas. Both of them and their songs are the focus of the chanson program "so oder so ist das Leben" with Regine Weingart and myself. The Theater Parfin de Siècle creates the ideal setting for the intimacy of this music about life and love, about failure and success. While Knef's songs are particularly captivating due to the immediacy of their performance, Brel's chansons are among the most brilliant in this genre, both lyrically and musically. "Ne me quitte pas", "La Chanson des Vieux Amants", "Für mich soll's rote Rosen regnen" and many others can be experienced live in "so oder so ist das Leben"!
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Preview St. Galler Tagblatt
"A brilliant performance either way" (St. Galler Nachrichten)
"The charm of thorny roses" (St. Galler Tagblatt)
