Watch: Waltraud Meier gives up her big roles
mainAs the Wagnerian soprano sang her final Isolde and Kundry, she was followed by an ARTE documentary crew.
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Meier. In any case, the woman is now voice-less.
At least she did something useful with her voice when she had one. This is not always the case with some people commenting on this site.
Slam-dunk….thank you for giving one to that despicable troll.
Ms. Meier is an intelligent and gifted singer. To denigrate such an accomplished artist is despicable. A 26-year run of leading roles with major companies is by no means a easy feat. By the way, Waltraud Meier’s Foreign Princess this past winter was not the worst singer on the Met stage. In fact, she was estimable in an underappreciated role.
Are you sure that was Meier and not Dalayman?
Beethoven, Fidelio,
Barenboim/Isokoski/Meier/Domingo/Struckmann/Pape,
1999, Teldec
Beethoven, Fidelio,
Muti/Aikin/Meier/Moser-T/Kapellmann/Rydl,
1999, live in Milan, House of Opera
Beethoven, Fidelio,
Muti/Aikin/Meier/Smith-RD/Schulte/Tschammer,
2003, live in Milan, Premiere Opera
Beethoven, Fidelio,
Ozawa/Kühmeier/Meier/Botha/Struckmann/Rydl,
2004, live in Vienna, Premiere Opera
Beethoven, Fidelio,
Mehta/Raimondi-I/Meier/Seiffert/Uusitalo/Salminen,
2006, DVD, Valencia, Unitel
Berg, Wozzeck,
Barenboim/Meier/Wottrich/Clark/Baker/Grundheber/Kannen,
1994, DVD, Berlin, Teldec
Berg, Wozzeck,
Levine/Meier/Thomas-R/Siegel/Skelton/Held/Fink,
2011, live in New York, Sirius
Bizet, Carmen,
Levine/Gheorghiu/Meier/Domingo/Leiferkus,
1997, DVD, New York, Opera Lovers
Flotow, Martha,
Hauschild/Laki/Meier/Wolhers/Berger-Tuna,
1986, DVD, Stuttgart, House of Opera
Mascagni, Cavalleria rusticana,
Muti/Meier/Cura/Gavanelli,
1996, DVD, Ravenna, Encore
Mozart, Don Giovanni,
Barenboim/Cuberli/Meier/Rodgers/Heilmann/Tomlinson/Furlanetto-F,
1991, Erato
Offenbach, Contes d’Hoffmann, Les,
Nagano/Vargicova/Stoyanova/Meier/Kirchschlager/Shicoff/Raimondi,
2003, DVD, Salzburg, Encore
Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila,
Prêtre/Meier/Domingo/Blanc/Mars/Halem,
1985, live in Nice, House of Opera
Saint-Saëns, Samson et Dalila,
Chung/Meier/Domingo/Fondary/Courtis/Ramey,
1991, EMI
Strauss-R, Elektra,
Barenboim/Marc/Polaski/Meier/Botha/Struckmann,
1995, Teldec
Strauss-R, Elektra,
Gatti/Westbroek/Theorin/Meier/Gambill/Pape,
2010, DVD, Salzburg, Arthaus
Strauss-R, Elektra,
Salonen/Pieczonka/Herlitzius/Meier/Randle/Petrenko-M,
2013, DVD, Aix-en-Provence, BelAir
Strauss-R, Elektra,
Thielemann/Schwanewilms/Herlitzius/Meier/van Aken/Pape,
2014, live in Berlin, DG
Strauss-R, Elektra,
Fisch/Merbeth/Theorin/Meier/Reß/Groissböck,
2015, live in Munich
Strauss-R, Elektra,
Barenboim/Pieczonka/Herlitzius/Meier/Rügamer/Volle,
2016, live in Berlin
Strauss-R, Elektra,
Salonen/Pieczonka/Stemme/Meier/Ulrich/Owens-E,
2016, live in New York
Verdi, Aida,
Luisi/Guleghina/Meier/Larin/Grundheber/Dumitrescu,
2001, live in Vienna, Premiere Opera
Verdi, Don Carlos,
Pappano/Mattila/Meier/Alagna/Hampson/van Dam,
1996, DVD, Paris, NVC Arts
Wagner, Lohengrin,
Abbado/Studer/Meier/Jerusalem/Welker/Moll,
1992, DG
Wagner, Lohengrin,
Nagano/Kringlebotn/Meier/Vogt/Fox/König-HP,
2006, DVD, Baden-Baden, Opus Arte
Wagner, Lohengrin,
Gatti/Schwanewilms/Meier/Smith-RD/Fox/König-HP,
2007, live in Milan, Premiere Opera
Wagner, Lohengrin,
Thielemann/Harteros/Meier/Alagna/Konieczny/Zeppenfeld,
2018, live at Bayreuth, planned for July 25
Wagner, Parsifal,
Goodall/Meier/Ellsworth/Joll/McIntyre/Folwell,
1984, EMI
Wagner, Parsifal,
Levine/Meier/Hofmann-P/Estes/Sotin/Mazura,
1985, live at Bayreuth, Philips
Wagner, Parsifal,
Barenboim/Meier/Jerusalem/van Dam/Hölle/Kannen,
1990, Teldec
Wagner, Parsifal,
Muti/Meier/Domingo/Brendel/Lloyd/Welker,
1991, live in Milan, Handelman
Wagner, Parsifal,
Barenboim/Meier/Elming/Struckmann/Tomlinson/Kannen,
1992, DVD, Berlin, EuroArts
Wagner, Parsifal,
Levine/Meier/Jerusalem/Weikl/Moll/Mazura,
1992, DVD, New York, DG
Wagner, Parsifal,
Nagano/Meier/Ventris/Hampson/Salminen/Fox,
2004, DVD, Baden-Baden, Opus Arte
Wagner, Parsifal,
Thielemann/Meier/Domingo/Struckmann/Selig/Bankl,
2005, live in Vienna, DG
Wagner, Walküre Die,
Haitink/Studer/Marton/Meier/Goldberg/Morris/Salminen,
1988, EMI
Wagner, Walküre Die,
Muti/Meier/Schnaut/Lipovšek/Domingo/Pederson/Hölle,
1994, live in Milan, House of Opera
Wagner, Walküre Die,
Mehta/Meier/Schnaut/Fujimura/Seiffert/Tomlinson/Rydl,
2002, live in Munich, Farao
Wagner, Walküre Die,
Pappano/Meier/Gasteen/Plowright/Domingo/Terfel/Halfvarson,
2005, DVD, London, Premiere Opera
Wagner, Walküre Die,
Levine/Meier/Theorin/Naef/Lehman/Morris/Tomlinson,
2009, live in New York, Premiere Opera
Wagner, Walküre Die,
Barenboim/Meier/Stemme/Gubanova/O’Neill-Si/Kowaljow/Tomlinson,
2010, DVD, Milan, Arthaus
Wagner, Walküre Die,
Thielemann/Meier/Dalayman/Baechle/Ventris/Dohmen/Halfvarson,
2011, live in Vienna, DG
Wagner, Götterdämmerung,
Sawallisch/Behrens/Meier/Kollo/Nöcker-HG/Salminen,
1989, DVD, Munich, EMI
Wagner, Götterdämmerung,
Barenboim/Evans-A/Meier/Jerusalem/Brinkmann/Kang,
1991, DVD, Hohlfeld movie, Kultur
Wagner, Götterdämmerung,
Muti/Eaglen/Meier/Schmidt-W/Schulte/Rydl,
1998, live in Milan, House of Opera
Wagner, Götterdämmerung,
Luisi/Voigt/Meier/Morris-JH/Paterson/König-HP,
2012, DVD, New York, DG
Wagner, Götterdämmerung,
Barenboim/Theorin/Meier/Ryan/Grochowski/Petrenko-M,
2013, DVD, Milan, Arthaus
Wagner, Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg,
Haitink/Popp/Meier/König-K/Weikl/Moll,
1985, studio: Herkulessaal, EMI
Wagner, Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg,
Mehta/Secunde/Meier/Kollo/Weikl/Rootering,
1994, DVD, Munich, Arthaus
Wagner, Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg,
Barenboim/Eaglen/Meier/Seiffert/Hampson/Pape,
2001, Teldec
Wagner, Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg,
Jordan-P/Nylund/Meier/Gambill/Trekel/Milling,
2008, DVD, Baden-Baden, Arthaus
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde,
Barenboim/Meier/Jerusalem/Salminen,
1994, Teldec
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde,
Barenboim/Meier/Jerusalem/Hölle,
1995, DVD, Bayreuth, DG
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde,
Mehta/Meier/West/Moll,
1998, DVD, Munich, Arthaus
Wagner, Tristan und Isolde,
Barenboim/Meier/Storey/Salminen,
2007, DVD, Milan, Virgin
Yikes…I stand corrected and apologize. Mixing singers again. Regardless, the first poster flippanty dismisses important careers and should be called out. It’s disgusting. Thank you for your correction.
Don’t call out for censorship when you’re drunk, bro ~
Wake yourself up.
As you are now charmless?
You are talking complete bollocks mate as per usual. You could not sing in any opera yourself therefore your opinion is invalid. Try to learn some charm and more importantly some manners, you oik!
Well, that happens to singers when they get old. It’s a fact of life, and criticizing someone for it makes you look small.
And in case you were interested in taking the “she should have stopped performing years ago” route: I would submit that if presenters are still asking her to perform, then it means that people still want to hear her and there’s no need for her to stop. By this point, people buying tickets know that they are not going to hear the 35-year-old Waltraud Meier, just as people buying tickets to a new movie starring Catherine Deneuve will know that they’re not going to see the Deneuve of 40 years ago. Nobody’s being tricked. (They might be disappointed, but they might have been disappointed 40 years ago.)
I am watching that programme (transmitted on Arte later tonight). Meier has been announced as next season’s Ortrud at Bayreuth – https://www.bayreuther-festspiele.de/festspiele/news/2017/mein-lieber-schwan/ (as foretold here a year ago).
The ‘entweite Götter’ should be fun. Her top has been consistently flat for some years and with Ortrud she has nowhere to hide. Fasten your seatbelts….
Tell us about your great accomplishments, Erich.
My nomination for the greatest singing actress since Callas.
I’ll second that nomination.