NEW YORK (AP) — No monsters of depravity for Waltraud Meier, thank you. The German mezzo-soprano takes a very different view of the Greek queen Klytemnestra than the one usually seen in Richard ...

Waltraud Meier is “La Wagnerissima”, the queen of Wagner’s repertoire. In her very personal account “I follow a voice within me”, we enter her world and learn about her motivations, aspirations, and ...

Grammy Award winner Waltraud Meier is a German dramatic soprano and mezzo-soprano singer. She is particularly known for her Wagnerian roles as Kundry, Isolde, Ortrud, Venus, Fricka, and Sieglinde, but ...

Teaching moments about the evils of greed don’t come more musically majestic than “Gotterdammerung” (Twilight of the Gods), which culminates in nothing less than the end of the world. In his new ...

Berlín, 25 mar (EFE).Berlín, 25 mar (EFE). — El director Daniel Barenboim ha imprimido su propio sello al bicentenario del nacimiento de Richard Wagner, el genio al que el maestro argentinoisraelí ...

IN A change to the originally intended artists for Sunday’s soprano and piano recital at the Usher Hall, replacing the indisposed Deborah Voigt with the German duo of Waltraud Meier and Joseph Breinl ...

HOW closely as an alternative to Christianity Delius involved himself with Nietsche’s thoughts and beliefs is an open question. But he gleaned enough from them to provide a text for his Mass of Life.

The famed singer, known for her captivating presence, intellectual approach and distinctive sound, is retiring from the stage with “Elektra.” By Ben Miller Rhiannon Giddens, Jordi Savall, Yannick ...