Waltraud Meier
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 9, 1956 (age 70)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Elektra - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · as Klytämnestra
Salome - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · as Herodias
Götterdämmerung - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · as Waltraute
Lohengrin
Movie · as Ortrud
Götterdämmerung - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · as Waltraute
Strauss: Elektra
Movie · as Klytaemnestra
Elektra
Movie · as Klytämnestra
Wagner: Die Walküre
Movie · as Sieglinde
Wagner: Götterdämmerung - Teatro alla Scala
Movie · as Waltraute/Zweite Norn
![Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 [Paavo Järvi, Waltraus Meier; Genia Kühmeier; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra] poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/feePszLs8mUfcbW4012tl1ReUiw.jpg)
Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 [Paavo Järvi, Waltraus Meier; Genia Kühmeier; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra]
Movie · as Self - Mezzo
Götterdämmerung
Movie · as Waltraude
Strauss R: Elektra
Movie · as Klytämnestra
Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
Movie · as Self
Tannhäuser
Movie · as Venus
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
Movie · as Self
Tristan und Isolde
Movie · as Isolde
Fidelio
Movie · as Leonore
Lohengrin
Movie · as Ortrud
Parsifal's Progress
Movie · as Self / Kundry
Parsifal
Movie · as Kundry
Tristan und Isolde
Movie · as Isolde
Alpha Forum
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Lebensläufe
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Carmen
Movie · as Carmen
Cavalleria rusticana
Movie · as Santuzza
The Transformation of the World Into Music
Movie · as Self
Verdi: Don Carlos
Movie · as La Princesse Eboli
Metropolitan Opera Gala James Levine's 25th Anniversary
Movie · as Self
Tristan und Isolde
Movie · as Isolde
Wozzeck
Movie · as Marie
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Movie · as Venus
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Movie · as Kundry
Parsifal
Movie · as Kundry
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Movie · as Waltraude
Carmen
Movie · as Carmen