Waltraud Meier

Skuespiller

9. januar 1956 (70 år)
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.

Kendt for

  • Møde med Venus
    Møde med Venus1991
  • Tristan & Isolde
    Tristan & Isolde
  • Tristan und Isolde, Azione in tre atti
    Tristan und Isolde, Azione in tre atti2007
  • Elektra
    Elektra2010
  • Götterdämmerung
    Götterdämmerung1991
  • Götterdämmerung
    Götterdämmerung2014
  • Lohengrin
    Lohengrin2006

Filmografi

2019
Lohengrin · as Ortrud
2018
2013
Götterdämmerung · as Waltraute/zweite Norn
2013
Elektra, tragédie en un acte · as Klytämnestra
2010
Elektra · as Klytämnestra
2008
Tannhäuser · as Venus
2007
2006
Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD · as Klytämnestra
2006
Fidelio · as Leonore
2006
Lohengrin · as Ortrud
2002
2001
Kerstmatinee 2001 · as Jocaste
1998
Tristan & Isolde · as Isolde
1997
Carmen · as Carmen
1993
1992
Götterdämmerung · as Waltraude
1992
Parsifal · as Kundry
1991
Meeting Venus · as Venus (tannhäuser Highlights Performed By)
1988
Carmen · as Carmen
1977