Claudia is best known for her cabaret concerts of French and American songs celebrating Paris. Not limited to the role of French chanteuse, “Claudia Hommel is a gifted and uniquely versatile artist, with a wide range of roles demanding deep emotional commitment or zany satirical high-jinks and everything in between,” writes her mentor, actor and director Alvin Epstein. Claudia’s repertoire encompasses French chanson, American standards, 19th and 20th century art songs and theatre music. Her clear and beautiful voice, ranging from lyrical to gutsy, adds to her considerable appeal.
A “favorite” from the Club at Chicago Symphony Center to the Musée de Montmartre, Claudia Hommel is a "bit of Audrey Hepburn, with something of Ginger Rogers, Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier and ...Air Jordan." Born in Paris, France and raised in Detroit, Claudia Hommel has led an active career as a theatrical singer in clubs, in recital halls, museums, libraries and theatres from New York City to California.

As a member of the Actors Equity Association, she has appeared as Young Nadya in Joshua Sobol’s Adam, Guenevere in Camelot, Elvira in Blithe Spirit, Artie in Lee Blessing’s Eleemosynary, and Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. She is also a member of the Screen Actors Guild and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and a founding member of the Chicago Cabaret Professionals.

She tours extensively as artist-in-residence to secondary schools and colleges across the continent.

The Maison Clobert label features Hommel’s recordings of Parisian cabaret concerts: Paris./Paree, Paris in the Jazz Age, and Romance Language: French Songs for lovers featuring the legendary jazz violinist Johnny Frigo.

For much more about Claudia, visit her website:
www.cabaret-paree.com

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