Waltraud Meier
Known For
Acting
Born
1956-01-09 in Würzburg, Germany
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.
Most Known For
Alpha Forum
as Self
Lebensläufe
as Self
Tannhäuser
as Venus
Parsifal
as Kundry
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
as Waltraute/Zweite Norn
Wozzeck
as Marie
Cavalleria rusticana
as Santuzza
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
as Waltraude
Carmen
as Carmen
Strauss: Elektra
as Klytaemnestra
Elektra
as Klytämnestra
Tristan und Isolde
as Isolde
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
as Self
The Transformation of the World Into Music
as Self
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
as Kundry
Lohengrin
as Ortrud
Fidelio
as Leonore
Lohengrin
as Ortrud
Carmen
as Carmen
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
as Waltraude