Max Raabe & Palast Orchester at Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts

Slick and nostalgic, yet unmistakably modern, Max Raabe & Palast Orchester might have walked straight out of the Golden Age of Berlin in the 1920s. The ever-elegant, debonair Raabe and his 12-piece orchestra embody the tranquil days of 1920s and 30s Weimar Berlin in all its high style and bring to life the songs and style of a bygone age. Berlin’s famed crooner Max Raabe meticulously recreates German and American standards including dance hall songs, couplets, Cuban rumbas, happy foxtrots, stylish tangos and tongue-in-cheek interpretations of pop favorites. The burnished baritone Raabe in his perfect tux captures the essence of the cabaret singer, the bel canto hero, the falsetto of ragtime, and the timbre of early pre-war jazz...

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Slick and nostalgic, yet unmistakably modern, Max Raabe & Palast Orchester might have walked straight out of the Golden Age of Berlin in the 1920s. The ever-elegant, debonair Raabe and his 12-piece orchestra embody the tranquil days of 1920s and 30s Weimar Berlin in all its high style and bring to life the songs and style of a bygone age. Berlin’s famed crooner Max Raabe meticulously recreates German and American standards including dance hall songs, couplets, Cuban rumbas, happy foxtrots, stylish tangos and tongue-in-cheek interpretations of pop favorites. The burnished baritone Raabe in his perfect tux captures the essence of the cabaret singer, the bel canto hero, the falsetto of ragtime, and the timbre of early pre-war jazz. A born entertainer, Raabe introduces each tune by giving proper credit to the composers and period while keeping the audience rolling in the aisles with his signature deadpan humor and “martini-dry wit."

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