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Waltraud Meier
voc, *1956 DE, Würzburg
Singer of Classical
Waltraud Meier (born 9 January 1956 in Würzburg) is a Grammy Award–winning 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.
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Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: I. Introitus: Requiem aeternam on Classical Bangers by Various Artists Mass No. 19 in D Minor, K. 626, Part III: VI. Lacrimosa on Classical Hits by Various Artists Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral": 4. Finale (Presto - Allegro assai) on Beethoven For All - Music Of Power, Passion & Beauty by Ludwig van Beethoven, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Staatskapelle Berlin & Daniel Barenboim Missa solemnis in D Major, Op. 123: V. Agnus Dei on Classical Music - Choral by Various Artists Tannhäuser, WWV. 70: Ouvertüre on Wagner: The Dramatic Composer by Richard Wagner & Various Artists Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": V. Finale: k. Mit Aufschwung, aber nicht eilen on Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" by Gustav Mahler, Wiener Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act II Scene 1: Du wilde Seherin on Wagner: Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": IV. Urlicht. O Röschen rot on Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" by Gustav Mahler, Wiener Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": V. Finale: j. Etwas bewegter. O glaube, mein Herz, o glaube on Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" by Gustav Mahler, Wiener Philharmoniker & Claudio Abbado Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act I Scene 3: Durch Gottes Sieg ist jetzt dein Leben mein on Wagner: Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker & Claudio AbbadoTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotter Dammerung | Richard Wagner, Deborah Voigt, Jay Hunter Morris, Hans-Peter König, Waltraud Meier, Iain Paterson, Wendy Bryn Harmer, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Fabio Luisi | 2012 | Album |
| Kindertotenlieder • Wesendonck-Lieder • 3 Mörike-Lieder | Waltraud Meier, Daniel Barenboim, Orchestre De Paris, Gustav Mahler, Richard Wagner, Hugo Wolf | 2011 | Album |
| Lohengrin | Richard Wagner, Klaus Florian Vogt, Solveig Kringlebotn, Hans-Peter König, Waltraud Meier, Tom Fox, Roman Trekel, Europachorakademie, Chœurs De L'Opéra De Lyon, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano, Nikolaus Lehnhoff | 2009 | Album |
| Tristan Und Isolde | Siegfried Jerusalem · Waltraud Meier · Matthias Hölle · Uta Priew · Falk Struckmann · Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele · Daniel Barenboim : Richard Wagner Staged By Heiner Müller | 2008 | Album |
| Tristan Und Isolde | Richard Wagner, Waltraud Meier, Ian Storey, Michelle DeYoung, Gerd Grochowski, Matti Salminen, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala And Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala | 2008 | Album |
| Symphonie No. 2 | Gustav Mahler, Cheryl Studer · Waltraud Meier · Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Wiener Philharmoniker · Claudio Abbado | 2006 | Album |
| Parsifal | Richard Wagner - Christian Thielemann, Orchester Der Wiener Staatsoper, Placido Domingo, Waltraud Meier | 2006 | Album |
| Tannhäuser | Richard Wagner / Daniel Barenboim / Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin / Staatskapelle Berlin / Jane Eaglen / Waltraud Meier / Peter Seiffert / René Pape / Thomas Hampson | 2002 | Album |
| Die Walküre | Richard Wagner - Waltraud Meier, Gabriele Schnaut, Mihoko Fujimura, Peter Seiffert, John Tomlinson, Kurt Rydl, Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Zubin Mehta | 2002 | Album |
| Das Lied Von Der Erde | Gustav Mahler - Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | 2002 | Album |
| Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Mozart: Requiem | Ludwig van Beethoven - Herbert von Karajan, Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Singverein, Agnes Baltsa, Gundula Janowitz, Peter Schreier, José van Dam / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Riccardo Muti, Radiokören, Eric Ericsons Kammarkör, Patrizia Pace, Waltraud Meier, Frank Lopardo, James Morris | 2000 | Compil. |
| Lieder | Gustav Mahler, Waltraud Meier, Lorin Maazel | 1999 | Album |
| Fidelio | Ludwig van Beethoven - Waltraud Meier, Placido Domingo, Daniel Barenboim | 1999 | Album |
| Frauenliebe Und Leben - Lieder By Brahms, Schubert & Schumann | Waltraud Meier, Gerhard Oppitz | 1998 | Album |
| Waltraud Meier Sings Wagner | Waltraud Meier, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Lorin Maazel | 1997 | Album |
| Música De Saint-Saëns Y Chausson | Waltraud Meier | 1997 | Compil. |
| Wozzeck | Alban Berg - Franz Grundheber · Waltraud Meier · Mark Baker · Graham Clark · Endrik Wottrich · Günter von Kannen, Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin, Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim | 1996 | Album |
| Elektra | Richard Strauss, Waltraud Meier, Deborah Polaski, Alessandra Marc, Johan Botha, Falk Struckmann, Daniel Barenboim | 1996 | Album |
| Tristan Und Isolde Hightlights | Richard Wagner / Waltraud Meier / Siegfried Jerusalem / Marjana Lipovšek / Falk Struckmann / Matti Salminen / Berliner Philharmoniker / Daniel Barenboim | 1995 | Compil. |
| Tristan Und Isolde | Richard Wagner, Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim, Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Marjana Lipovšek, Falk Struckmann, Matti Salminen | 1995 | Album |
| Lohengrin | Richard Wagner / Wiener Philharmoniker / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Claudio Abbado / Kurt Moll / Siegfried Jerusalem / Cheryl Studer / Hartmut Welker / Waltraud Meier / Andreas Schmidt | 1994 | Album |
| Requiem | Giuseppe Verdi - Alessandra Marc, Waltraud Meier, Placido Domingo, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Chicago Symphony Chorus, The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | 1994 | Album |
| Lohengrin Highlights | Richard Wagner / Wiener Philharmoniker / Wiener Staatsopernchor / Claudio Abbado / Kurt Moll / Siegfried Jerusalem / Cheryl Studer / Hartmut Welker / Waltraud Meier / Andreas Schmidt | 1994 | Album |
| Don Giovanni Extraits | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ferruccio Furlanetto, John Tomlinson, Matti Salminen, Uwe Heilmann, Michele Pertusi, Lella Cuberli, Waltraud Meier, Joan Rodgers, RIAS-Kammerchor, Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim | 1992 | Compil. |
| Samson Et Dalila | Camille Saint-Saëns / Placido Domingo, Waltraud Meier, Alain Fondary, Jean-Philippe Courtis, Samuel Ramey, Chœurs De L'Opéra Bastille Et Orchestre De L'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung | 1992 | Album |
| Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ferruccio Furlanetto, John Tomlinson, Matti Salminen, Uwe Heilmann, Michele Pertusi, Lella Cuberli, Waltraud Meier, Joan Rodgers, RIAS-Kammerchor, Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim | 1992 | Album |
| Das Klagende Lied | Gustav Mahler – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Philharmonia Orchestra, Shinyukai Choir, Cheryl Studer, Waltraud Meier, Reiner Goldberg, Thomas Allen | 1992 | Album |
| Parsifal | Richard Wagner - Waltraud Meier, Siegfried Jerusalem, Matthias Hölle, José van Dam, Günter von Kannen, John Tomlinson, Chor Der Staatsoper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Daniel Barenboim | 1991 | Album |
| Tannhäuser - Highlights | Richard Wagner, Kiri Te Kanawa, Håkan Hagegård, René Kollo, Waltraud Meier, Philharmonia Orchestra, Marek Janowski | 1991 | Album |
| Meeting Venus - Music From The Original Soundtrack (Highlights From Wagner's "Tannhäuser") | Kiri Te Kanawa, René Kollo, Håkan Hagegård, Waltraud Meier, Philharmonia Orchestra, Marek Janowski | 1991 | Album |
| Missa Solemnis | Ludwig Van Beethoven ‧ Carol Vaness ‧ Waltraud Meier ‧ Hans Peter Blochwitz ‧ Hans Tschammer ‧ Tallis Chamber Choir ‧ English Chamber Orchestra ‧ Jeffrey Tate | 1990 | Album |
| Mozart Edition - Choral Works | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ileana Cotrubas, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Nicolai Gedda, Waltraud Meier, James Morris, Edda Moser, Hans Sotin, Kiri Te Kanawa, Eugen Jochum, Herbert von Karajan, Raymond Leppard, Riccardo Muti | 1990 | Compil. |
| Parsifal (Selección) | Richard Wagner : Reginald Goodall, Orchestra & Chorus Of The Welsh National Opera, Warren Elsworth, Waltraud Meier | 1990 | Compil. |
| Die Walküre | Richard Wagner - Éva Marton • James Morris • Cheryl Studer • Reiner Goldberg • Waltraud Meier • Matti Salminen / Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Bernard Haitink | 1988 | Album |
| Requiem / Ave Verum Corpus | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Riccardo Muti, Patrizia Pace, Waltraud Meier, Frank Lopardo, James Morris, Berliner Philharmoniker, Eric Ericsons Kammarkör, Radiokören | 1987 | Album |
| A German Requiem / Alto Rhapsody / Song Of Destiny | Johannes Brahms - Jessye Norman • Jorma Hynninen, Waltraud Meier, The London Philharmonic Orchestra & The London Philharmonic Choir, Klaus Tennstedt | 1986 | Album |
| Parsifal | Richard Wagner, Donald McIntyre, Waltraud Meier, Reginald Goodall, Phillip Joll, Warren Elsworth, Orchestra & Chorus Of The Welsh National Opera | 1985 | Album |
| Doktor Und Apotheker | Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Rheinische Philharmonie, James Lockhart, Harald Stamm, Waltraud Meier, Hildegard Uhrmacher, Donna Woodward, Wolfgang Schöne, Frieder Lang, Gerhard Unger, Martin Finke, Alois Perl, Thomas Pfeiffer | 1981 | Album |
| Doktor Und Apotheker | Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Rheinische Philharmonie, James Lockhart, Harald Stamm, Waltraud Meier, Hildegard Uhrmacher, Donna Woodward, Wolfgang Schöne, Frieder Lang, Gerhard Unger, Martin Finke, Alois Perl, Thomas Pfeiffer | 1981 | Album |
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