Waltraud Meier
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
Credits
- 2019 · Lohengrin as Ortrud
- 2016 · Strauss: Elektra as Klytaemnestra
- 2014 · Wagner: Götterdämmerung as Waltraute/Zweite Norn
- 2013 · Wagner: Die Walküre as Sieglinde
- 2013 · Elektra as Klytämnestra
- 2012 · Parsifal as Kundry
- 2012 · The Metropolitan Opera: Götterdämmerung as Waltraude
- 2010 · Strauss R: Elektra as Klytämnestra
- 2009 · Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen as Self
- 2009 · Tannhäuser as Venus
- 2008 · Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me as Self
- 2007 · Tristan und Isolde as Isolde
- 2006 · Fidelio as Leonore
- 2006 · Lohengrin as Ortrud
- 2005 · Parsifal as Kundry
- 2005 · Parsifal's Progress as Self / Kundry
- 1998 · Alpha Forum as Self
- 1998 · Lebensläufe as Self
- 1998 · Tristan und Isolde as Isolde
- 1997 · Carmen as Carmen
- 1996 · The Transformation of the World Into Music as Self
- 1996 · Cavalleria rusticana as Santuzza
- 1996 · Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary as Self
- 1996 · Verdi: Don Carlos as La Princesse Eboli
- 1995 · Tristan und Isolde as Isolde
- 1994 · Wozzeck as Marie
- 1993 · Richard Wagner: Parsifal as Kundry
- 1992 · Parsifal [The Metropolitan Opera] as Kundry
- 1991 · The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung as Waltraude
- 1988 · Carmen as Carmen
- Future · Wagner: Tannhäuser as Venus