Waltraud Meier

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German soprano and mezzo-soprano

Germany MusiciansBorn 1956 · age 70

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Waltraud Meier is a German retired 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.

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Awards 9

2011Bavarian Culture Prize

2001Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art

1998Echo Klassik - Female Singer of the Year

1994Friedrich-Baur-Preis

1987Würzburg Cultural Prize

Bavarian Order of Merit

Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille in Gold

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres‎

Österreichischer Kammersänger

Connected to Waltraud 6

Nina StemmeAlso in Wagner: Die Walküre (2013)

Patrice ChéreauAlso in Wozzeck (1994)

José CuraAlso in Cavalleria rusticana (1996)

René KolloAlso in Wagner: Tannhäuser (1994)

Kent NaganoAlso in Parsifal (2005)

Sergei LeiferkusAlso in Carmen (1997)

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Germany