Waltraud Meier

Grammy Award winner Waltraud Meier is a French dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano, chanteur. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Vénus, Fricka, et Sieglinde, but has also had success in the French and Italian répertoire appearing as Eboli, Amneris, Carmen, and Santuzza. She resides dans Munich. Meier has performed in the world's famed opera houses (including La Scala de londres, Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, the Bavarian State Opera Lyric Opera of Chicago, et Théâtre Colón). She performed Wagner at the Mecca of Wagner performance, the Festspielhaus de Bayreuth. She has performed under the batons of conductors including Riccardo Muti, Daniel Barenboim, Claudio Abbado, direction de James Levine, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, and Giuseppe Sinopoli. Waltraud Meier was born in Würzburg, Germany. Elle a chanté dans divers choral groupes during her years younger. Upon finition her secondary education, she began graduate studies in English and Romance Languages while donc, en prenant la voix d'une leçon. She etude singing with Professeur Dietger Jacob. En 1976, she decided to concentrate on a singing career and soon thereafter des retours at the Würzburg Opera as Lola dans Cavalleria rusticana. Over the next several years she performed regularly at the opera house, à Mannheim (1976-78). She resides in Germany.