Waltraud Meier

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.

Known For

Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
Parsifal
Parsifal
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Parsifal's Progress
Parsifal's Progress
Strauss R: Elektra
Strauss R: Elektra
Verdi: Don Carlos
Verdi: Don Carlos
Elektra
Elektra
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Richard Wagner: Parsifal

Filmography

2019 Lohengrin
as Ortrud
2016 Strauss: Elektra
as Klytaemnestra
2014 Wagner: Götterdämmerung
as Waltraute/Zweite Norn
2013 Wagner: Die Walküre
as Sieglinde
2013 Elektra
as Klytämnestra
2012 Parsifal
as Kundry
2012 The Metropolitan Opera: Götterdämmerung
as Waltraude
2010 Strauss R: Elektra
as Klytämnestra
2009 Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
as Self
2009 Tannhäuser
as Venus
2008 Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
as Self
2007 Tristan und Isolde
as Isolde
2006 Fidelio
as Leonore
2006 Lohengrin
as Ortrud
2005 Parsifal
as Kundry
2005 Parsifal's Progress
as Self / Kundry
1998 Alpha Forum
as Self
1998 Lebensläufe
as Self
1998 Tristan und Isolde
as Isolde
1997 Carmen
as Carmen