Waltraud Meier

Known for ActingBorn 1956-01-09 (age 70)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.Read more

Movies & web series

Strauss R: Elektra

Wozzeck

Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Carmen

Wagner: Tannhäuser

Verdi: Don Carlos

The Transformation of the World Into Music

Strauss: Elektra

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Carmen

Tristan und Isolde

The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung

Tannhäuser

Elektra

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

Lohengrin

Wagner: Die Walküre

Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 [Paavo Järvi, Waltraus Meier; Genia Kühmeier; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra]

Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen

Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me

Tristan und Isolde

Fidelio

Lohengrin

Parsifal's Progress

Parsifal

Tristan und Isolde

Alpha Forum

Lebensläufe

Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary

Cavalleria rusticana

Parsifal