Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 09, 1956
Place of Birth
Würzburg, Germany
Credits
35 titles
Waltraud Meier
Biography
Grammy Award winner Waltraud Meier is a German dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus, Fricka, and Sieglinde, but has also had success in the French and Italian repertoire appearing as Eboli, Amneris, Carmen, and Santuzza. She resides in Munich. Meier has performed in the world's famed opera houses (including La Scala, Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Colón Theater). She performed Wagner at the Mecca of Wagner performance, the Bayreuth Festspielhaus. She has performed under the batons of conductors including Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, and Giuseppe Sinopoli. Waltraud Meier was born in Würzburg, Germany. She sang in various choral groups during her younger years. Upon finishing her secondary education, she began graduate studies in English and Romance Languages while also taking voice lessons. She studied singing with Professor Dietger Jacob. In 1976, she decided to concentrate on a singing career and soon thereafter debuted at the Würzburg Opera as Lola in Cavalleria rusticana. Over the next several years she performed regularly at the opera house in Mannheim (1976–78). She resides in Germany.
Known For
Filmography
Elektra - Wiener Staatsoper
Klytämnestra
Salome - Wiener Staatsoper
Herodias
Götterdämmerung - Wiener Staatsoper
Waltraute
Lohengrin
Ortrud
Götterdämmerung - Wiener Staatsoper
Waltraute
Strauss: Elektra
Klytaemnestra
Wagner: Die Walküre
Sieglinde
Elektra
Klytämnestra
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 [Paavo Järvi, Waltraus Meier; Genia Kühmeier; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra]
Self - Mezzo
Götterdämmerung
Waltraute/Zweite Norn
Götterdämmerung
Waltraude
Strauss R: Elektra
Klytämnestra
Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
Self
Tannhäuser
Venus
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
Self
Tristan und Isolde
Isolde
Fidelio
Leonore
Lohengrin
Ortrud
Parsifal
Kundry
Parsifal's Progress
Self / Kundry
Alpha Forum
Self
Lebensläufe
Self
Tristan und Isolde
Isolde
Cavalleria rusticana
Santuzza
Carmen
Carmen
The Transformation of the World Into Music
Self
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Self
Verdi: Don Carlos
La Princesse Eboli
Tristan und Isolde
Isolde
Wozzeck
Marie
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Venus
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Kundry
Parsifal
Kundry
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Waltraude
Carmen
Carmen