1956-01-09 ( 69 years old ) in Würzburg, Germany
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.
Movies
Lohengrin
2019-07-05
Strauss: Elektra
2016-04-30
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
2014-03-03
Wagner: Die Walküre
2013-11-04
Elektra
2013-10-05
Parsifal
2012-04-24
The Metropolitan Opera: Götterdämmerung
2012-02-11
Strauss R: Elektra
2010-08-01
Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
2009-10-23
Tannhäuser
2009-10-19
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
2008-12-01
Tristan und Isolde
2007-12-07
Fidelio
2006-10-21
Lohengrin
2006-01-01
Parsifal
2005-03-19
Parsifal's Progress
2005-01-01
Tristan und Isolde
1998-01-01
Carmen
1997-03-25
The Transformation of the World Into Music
1996-07-21
Cavalleria rusticana
1996-07-13
Verdi: Don Carlos
1996-03-01
Tristan und Isolde
1995-07-03
Wozzeck
1994-01-01
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
1993-04-07
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
1991-07-04
Carmen
1988-12-12
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