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