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Waltraud Meier
Würzburg, Germany
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, Fric…
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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.
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2020
Elektra - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie Klytämnestra
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2020
Salome - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie Herodias
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2019
Götterdämmerung - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie Waltraute
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2018
Lohengrin
Movie Ortrud
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2017
Götterdämmerung - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie Waltraute
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2016
Strauss: Elektra
Movie Klytaemnestra
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2013
Wagner: Die Walküre
Movie Sieglinde
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2013
Elektra
Movie Klytämnestra
- 2013
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2013
Götterdämmerung
Movie Waltraute/Zweite Norn
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2012
Götterdämmerung
Movie Waltraude
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2010
Strauss R: Elektra
Movie Klytämnestra
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2009
Faszinierende Frauen - Faszinierende Stimmen
Movie Self
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2009
Tannhäuser
Movie Venus
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2008
Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me
Movie Self
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2007
Tristan und Isolde
Movie Isolde
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2006
Fidelio
Movie Leonore
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2006
Lohengrin
Movie Ortrud
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2005
Parsifal
Movie Kundry
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2005
Parsifal's Progress
Movie Self / Kundry
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1998
Alpha Forum
TV show Self
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1998
Lebensläufe
TV show Self
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1998
Tristan und Isolde
Movie Isolde
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1997
Cavalleria rusticana
Movie Santuzza
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1997
Carmen
Movie Carmen
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1996
The Transformation of the World Into Music
Movie Self
- 1996
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1996
Verdi: Don Carlos
Movie La Princesse Eboli
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1995
Tristan und Isolde
Movie Isolde
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1994
Wozzeck
Movie Marie
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1994
Wagner: Tannhäuser
Movie Venus
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1993
Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Movie Kundry
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1992
Parsifal
Movie Kundry
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1991
The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung
Movie Waltraude
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1988
Carmen
Movie Carmen
