Lore Lorentz (12 September 1920 – 22 February 1994) was a German

Kabarett Kabarett (; from French ''cabaret'' = tavern) is satirical revue, a form of cabaret which was developed in France by Rodolphe Salis in 1881 as the ''cabaret artistique''. It was named Le Chat Noir and was centered on political events and satire. ...

artist and standup comedian. She was born in Mährisch-Ostrau,

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(today

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in the

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), as Lore Schirmer. She studied history, German literature and philosophy in Berlin and Vienna. In Berlin, she met , who became her husband in 1944. Together, they founded the Kabarett Kom(m)ödchen in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

in 1947. It was one of the first political

cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, casino, hotel, restaurant, or nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or drinking, ...

s in

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after the Second World War. Until 1983, Lore and Kay Lorentz were directors of the Kommödchen and part of the ensemble. Starting in 1976, she taught

chanson A (, ; , ) is generally any Lyrics, lyric-driven French song. The term is most commonly used in English to refer either to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval music, medieval and Renaissance music or to a specific style of ...

, song, and

musicals Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement ...

Folkwang Hochschule The Folkwang University of the Arts is a university for music, theater, dance, design, and academic studies, located in four German cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since 1927, its traditional main location has been in the former Werden Abbey in ...

. In 1983, she started with solo programs. One of her most famous programs consisted exclusively of texts written by

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; ; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was an outstanding poet, writer, and literary criticism, literary critic of 19th-century German Romanticism. He is best known outside Germany for his ...

; even though he had written them more than a century before Lorentz' program was performed, they all referred to current topics. She received several prizes: *1981: Honorary *1986: *1989: Großer *1989: Honorary Recognition by the (jointly with her husband) *2004: Start on the Walk of Fame of Cabaret (posthumous) Kay and Lore Lorentz rejected the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Merit) in 1976. A secondary school in Düsseldorf is named in her honour."Lore Lorentz"
, Lore-Lorentz-Schule, Düsseldorf She died in 1994 in Düsseldorf of pneumonia. On audio CD: *''Denk ich an Deutschland'' (A cabaret evening with texts of Heinrich Heine). CD. *''Chansons''. CD. *''Frivolitäten – 10 Diseusen – 10 Chansons''. LP. Polydor J 73 555

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorentz, Lore Kabarettists German artists German cabaret performers People from Ostrava Comedians from Düsseldorf 1920 births 1994 deaths Academic staff of the Folkwang University of the Arts Czechoslovak emigrants to Germany Czechoslovak expatriates in Austria Deaths from pneumonia in Germany German women comedians