Judy Weiss (born 31 May 1972 in Berlin) is a German singer who became internationally renowned after singing "
Vivo per Lei" with
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli (; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian tenor and multi-instrumentalist. He was born visually impaired, with congenital glaucoma, and at the age of 12, Bocelli became completely blind, following a brain hemorrhage resulting fro ...
in a German-Italian duet in 1996; while Weiss sang in German, Bocelli sang in Italian.
In 1994, she starred for the first time in a
musical
Musical is the adjective of music.
Musical may also refer to:
* Musical theatre, a performance art that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance
* Musical film and television, a genre of film and television that incorporates into the narr ...
in the role of Anita in ''
West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid-1 ...
''. In 1995, she performed in ''
Beauty and the Beast''. She also played Macchina in the German musical ''Space Dream'' and
Esmeralda in ''
The Hunchback of Notre Dame''. She performs regularly with the jazz pianist
Maria Baptist
Maria Baptist (born 30 August 1971) is a German musician (pianist, composer) and professor.
Career
Maria Baptist was born in 1971 in East Berlin in a very musical family. Her grandfather was an orchestra musician and composer, her father himse ...
.
When Weiss was five-years-old she had her first piano lessons. For eight years, she attended a conservatory for piano and singing, and afterwards the Music Academy
Hanns Eisler. Weiss has a daughter who was born in November 2000.
External links
Homepage of Judy Weiss
1972 births
Living people
21st-century German women singers
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