Waltraud Meier
German soprano and mezzo-soprano · Germany · On the map · Musicians · Born 1956 · age 70
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.
Waltraud Meier is read about 46 times a day, in 14 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2011Bavarian Culture PrizeAward2001Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtAward1998Echo Klassik - Female Singer of the YearAward1994Friedrich-Baur-PreisAward1987Würzburg Cultural PrizeAward1956Born9 January 1956
People around Waltraud
Close ties
Matti Salminen Also in Parsifal, Fidelio and Tristan und Isolde
Siegfried Jerusalem Also in The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung (1991)
Bernd Weikl Also in Richard Wagner: Parsifal (1993)
Patrice Chéreau Directed Wozzeck and Tristan und Isolde
Thomas Hampson Also in Verdi: Don Carlos and Parsifal- Kurt Moll Also in Richard Wagner: Parsifal (1993)
- Harry Kupfer Directed The Ring Cycle: Gotterdammerung (1991)
Franz Mazura Also in Richard Wagner: Parsifal and Elektra
Tomasz Konieczny Also in Lohengrin (2018)
Also in Deutsch
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About this person
Country
Germany
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1956 · age 70
