Waltraud Meier
Born: 1956-01-09 in Würzburg, Germany
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2019
- Lohengrin as Ortrud
2016
- Strauss: Elektra as Klytaemnestra
2014
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung as Waltraute/Zweite Norn
2013
- Wagner: Die Walküre as Sieglinde
- Elektra as Klytämnestra
- Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 [Paavo Järvi, Waltraus Meier; Genia Kühmeier; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra] as Self - Mezzo
2012
- Wagner: Götterdämmerung as Waltraude
2010
- Strauss R: Elektra as Klytämnestra
2009
- Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen as Self
- Tannhäuser as Venus
2008
2007
- Tristan und Isolde as Isolde
2005
- Parsifal's Progress as Self / Kundry
- Parsifal as Kundry
1998
- Alpha Forum as Self
- Lebensläufe as Self
- Tristan und Isolde as Isolde
1997
- Carmen as Carmen
1996
- Cavalleria rusticana as Santuzza
- Verdi: Don Carlos as La Princesse Eboli
- Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary as Self
- The Transformation of the World Into Music as Self
1995
- Tristan und Isolde as Isolde
1994
- Wozzeck as Marie
- Wagner: Tannhäuser as Venus
1993
- Richard Wagner: Parsifal as Kundry
1992
- Parsifal as Kundry
1991
- The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung as Waltraude
1988
- Carmen as Carmen