Richard Wagner - Tristan & Isolde - Liebestod - Waltraud Meier

[@Edeskenney]

The most beautiful music ever written.

[@claredavies764]

almost but not quite... Schubert actually beats this for causing me to sob uncontrollably....

[@sethrai]

Waltraud Meier is iconic here and the best Isolde I‘ve ever heard.

[@justanotherguy469]

And her facial expressions matched perfectly with the feeling of the music. I am in love with an ideal, which she and this music represents. Utter perfection!

[@nesherben-negev1345]

This is simply unbeatable. What a performance!

[@vesakaitera2831]

@nesherben-negev1345, I fully agree with that. Waltraud Meier really nails this piece.

[@hugovallenas]

Maybe the greatest Isolde. It is amazing her precision in tone, phrasing and vocal delivery. Everything is just as it might be done. No more no less. Wagnerian perfection.

[@amsterdaminprogress3799]

Only 63.000 views? It should be in the millions! I first heard Waltraud Meier in Parsifal in Bayreuth in the 80's and have followed het ever since, however, this is beyond belief, no mater how often I watch and listen.

[@justanotherguy469]

WAP has 10 billion views, and there are only 8 billion people on the planet. Go figure.

[@cecilefox9136]

I agree,an amazingly sublime voice!❤

[@antoniojairofernandesmonte9628]

Não esqueça que bom gosto musical não se enquadra na casa dos milhões.

[@noeldunsky]

HYPNOTICALLY BEAUTIFUL AND PROBABLY BEYOND BEST...

[@CarlosSDCA]

I like when Tristan appears at the end. Makes sense. Makes it tender and sweet. Tears.

[@1953586]

Das erste Mal als ich Waltraud Meier hörte, war ich so faziniert, sodass ich Richard Wagner verziehn habe, dass ich in Berlin bei Parsifal eingeschlafen bin. Er ist wirklich einmalig, aber Waltraud Meier hat mit Herz und Seele gesungen. Bravo Lupita.

[@dalestroker4735]

So happy you are a Wagner fan, and saw Parsifal in Berlin. I'm from Chicago and saw Tannhauser several years ago. I'm so happy to be in a city with many great venues for the performing arts. Seien Sie vorsichtig und hören Sie sich die großen Klassiker an!

[@adibouyoutube1407]

Une merveille absolue. Quelle beauté ineffable !

[@eileenazeff14]

Waltraud Meiers voice is beyond beautiful. The beauty is unbelievable. Her Isolde Liebestolde is the must beautiful ever

[@sutash9043]

I think I've just witnessed the most sublime transformation.

[@justanotherguy469]

Yes!

[@mountainman88]

The absolute best rendition ever recorded.

[@rdred8693]

Gives me chills and tears at the same time. Sublime

[@williammckane2466]

Virtually speechless. Have watched and listened over the years. What talent. Herr Wagner would have been delighted.

[@camaycama7479]

Quelle merveille.... ooofff, chapeau bas, waohh.... je suis bouche bée

[@wmorris189]

Total perfection. By far the best version of the most beautiful music ever. My god 🥸

[@alfredoechevarrieta7512]

Admirable Waltraud Meier !! Y bien interpretada la puesta en escena. Muchas gracias.

[@aurinkotuliruusu9983]

Mein Gott ist das schön!

[@halvivaldi7749]

Not a great Wagner fan, but oh my! Meier is simply spectacular. Hard to imagine a better Isolde.

[@dalestroker4735]

Hi. Good thing you're learning! Yes, Meier is the epitome of Wagnerian epics just as Flagstad was in the 1920s!

[@mstthewdempsey1355]

That is the best ever I've heard of one of the top 10 musical moments. Mesmerising.

[@UnclutteringAncestry]

This will be played at my funeral.

[@vincentlefebvre9255]

Le plus grand et le plus sublime moment musical de toute l'histoire musicale de l'humanité .

[@jrbleau]

Tu as fort possiblement raison.

[@cedericocosantorini8013]

Possible.

[@juncakarina7690]

yes it's absolutely DIVINE !

[@oscarjacobi7302]

maravilloso registro de la Sra Meier felicitaciones por por la interpretacion genial.

[@Shahrdad]

I forgot what a beautiful woman she was in addition to a great singer.

[@dalestroker4735]

Yes, Waltraud is gorgeous!

[@wmorris189]

Perfection. The best version of the most beautiful music ever. What a woman. I just listened to Callas which was very, very lovely but…

[@tomterreri6364]

This woman justs comes in and I feel as if I am in a possessed trance. There are really opera singers out there that can take an absolute genius' work to a level we never imagined.

[@ottodrolkar6989]

Ich habe ihren Abschied von der Isolde gehört. Tränen .. Tränen wie nach dem Freitod der Mutter meiner drei noch sehr jungen Kinder. Dankbarkeit erfüllt mich. Habe ich doch durch ihre Isolde den Wunsch nach Erlösung erfassen, verstehen können. In Liebe...

[@mathildewesendonck7225]

Otto Drolkar 😢

[@kunozeller38]

Der liebe Gott hat uns einen Einblick ins Paradies geschenkt. Waltraud Meier ist eine göttliche Isolde, besser geht es nicht. Bei meiner Beerdigung lasse ich sie den Liebestod singen.

[@saleenapiano]

earth shaking!!! heavenly!!! the true celestial voice

[@stephenlagan8569]

This is magnificent. Even for her.

[@gordonmcconnell4527]

This is my favorite version.

[@markilsemann950]

Likely the best recorded rendition. I love what Meier says about "parlando" in one of her interviews. Even in the most exalted moments, you get the impression that she is just TALKING to you.

[@nelsonregoscastrosjuniorre9769]

Que Isolda maravilhosa é Waltraud Meier. Uma das melhores que já ouvi. Transcedental.

[@beverlya.zurman6437]

Beautiful

[@beverlya.zurman6437]

Private

[@beverlya.zurman6437]

Óutstanding, in as much as the orchestra may be heard playing the Melody at least equal to if not more audibly to the soprano signing accompaniment as when same occurs. This is moreso in this performance than in others. Most of this soprano performances have their own variations of highlights. This may be my favorite

[@AlbertoRuizChavez]

Sublime...

[@1968KWT]

Happy Birthday, Waltraud Meier 🌹🌹🌹

[@wolf-g.leidel258]

Großartig!!!!!

[@carmen3642]

Fantastic Waltraud Meyer!

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

recordando una belleza de aria

[@skyhunk]

Transcendent! Kirsten Flagstad, Birgitt Nielson and Waltraud Meier (and perhaps Jessye Norman) - how is it possible to choose a favorite from these ultimate Wagnerian sopranos?! Very, very difficult, but I will have to go with Meier, I guess because German is her first language and she is familiar with every nuance and emotion behind the lyrics. The other two are rightly acknowledged because of their heart-felt interpretations, sheer volume and stamina, and it certainly does take stamina to sing a role like this; it is not for the faint of heart, it separates the 'wannabes' from the superstars.

[@celloguy]

I love the first and last of these three, both amongst the greatest ever. But I would add Martha Modl to that list - her version of the aria is available on KZbin. Magnificent.

[@fritzh.8553]

I would add Margaret Price

[@dalestroker4735]

Yes, I agree ... it's difficult to select a favorite for this awesome aria. After Meier, I would have to say that Flagstad had the right emotions and clarity. Keep listenin g!

[@malenasheytanova9967]

Easily. Waltrud Meier. Noone matches her Liebestod. Jessie Norman is a music genious, apart from a huge, inhumane in range and abilities voice. But her Isolde is very far from Meier's

[@charlescovell8054]

@@celloguyYes: and Modl recorded Isolde with Vinay singing Tristan under Karajan in the legendary Bayreuth Tristan production from 1952.

[@michaeloleary1867]

Wonderful!

[@sethrai]

Viele Drama-Mezzos und -Sopranen konnten in dieser Rolle überzeugend liefern. Mit Demut verneige ich mich jedoch vor W. Meier, eine Virtuosin wagnerischen Könnens. Keiner versteht es so sehr, die tiefe Sehnsucht, die Trauer und den Weltschmerz dieser Arie zu erkennen und stilsicher mit goldenen Tönen unseren Seelen derart zu schmeicheln.

[@jeanmarieballestra7892]

Divine Isolde ! Divine Waltraud ! Musique sublime !! On l'écoute avec la chair de poule , on se sent transfiguré !!!

[@paulgdlmx]

Simply perfection

[@MarleneWalker-su8ku]

Lost for words

[@Kosmolan]

Amazing! What a woman, what a power!

[@sarahaprincesa]

The best ❤️

[@ludtannhauser]

Mildly and gently, how he smiles, how the eye he opens sweetly --- Do you see it, friends? Don’t you see it? Brighter and brighter how he shines, illuminated by stars rises high? Don’t you see it? How his heart boldly swells, fully and nobly wells in his breast? How from his lips delightfully, mildly, sweet breath softly wafts --- Friends! Look! Don’t you feel and see it? Do I alone hear this melody, which wonderfully and softly, lamenting delight, telling it all, mildly reconciling sounds out of him, invades me, swings upwards, sweetly resonating rings around me? Sounding more clearly, wafting around me --- Are these waves of soft airs? Are these billows of delightful fragrances? How they swell, how they sough around me, shall I breathe, Shall I listen? Shall I drink, immerse? Sweetly in fragrances melt away? In the billowing torrent, in the resonating sound, in the wafting Universe of the World-Breath --- drown, be engulfed --- unconscious --- supreme delight!

[@juncakarina7690]

Thank you :)

[@aneraadamik8089]

Fantastici!

[@EladioRamirezpanduzojunior-e2k]

Minha nossa senhora nunca ouvi algo assim ! Tú é doido 😢😢😮

[@sadlierferg]

Beautiful

[@charlescovell8054]

Yes, Meier is the best Isolde, as per recordings, as she is the best Waltraute (Gotterdammerung) and the best Kundry.

[@johnsmith-mo1yc]

There is another version of this performance on KZbin with subtitles in both German and English. One of the great operatic performances of all time IMHO!

[@stephenlagan8569]

I totally agree.

[@rsg3265]

She is the best

[@juncakarina7690]

I'm awash in tears DANKE HERR WAGNER FUER DIESES GOTTESWERK !

[@vitellia7299]

Sehr gute Isolde, verklärt und berührend.

[@florentdoria6130]

Elle est chante aussi bien qu' elle est belle. Magnifique.

[@ederoliveirasantos180]

Magnífico 👏👏👏

[@kid926]

Forse la piú bella aria che sia mai scritta

[@nestorar]

Transcendental!

[@AP-lc5ys]

Diva

[@lluisafernandoguardia9721]

I thik the same. The Best Isolde.

[@seanmarshall7529]

pure power

[@FranciscoFerrerGaliana1930]

Tristan e Isolda---Amor y Muerte--Waltraud Meier

[@lluisafernandoguardia9721]

Yes, I do.

[@mashtali1]

Waltraud Meier is THE BEST Isolde ever.

[@siegfriedenea]

... ever!

[@mashtali1]

@Joy Betain Flagstad sings 1930~40s old fashioned style and high notes (specially the last note) in many recordings is shaky and not precise. for Wagner, my other favorite is Brigit Nilsson.

[@xxsaruman82xx87]

Varnay, Flagstad and Nilsson are infinitely better. Meier ain't even close.

[@Goloviznina]

yes! ever

[@oscaraiken5484]

My God I've never agreed more in life

[@charlesgerling4858]

Buitengewoon mooi

[@Edeskenney]

Wagner is smiling.

[@iggystuffmore537]

Waltraud Meier is one of the best singer of all time, miraculous

[@stephenlagan8569]

I totally agree. One of the greatest Wagnerian interpreters in history.

[@anibalvasquez6531]

Where is the full performance? I love this version and it would be great yo watch it...

[@aliegan2109]

Opera Video has it- Tristan 1998 Munich Konwitschny

[@alfredoechevarrieta7512]

​@@aliegan2109muchas gracias.

[@drovecity]

Der „wegen Wolfgang hier“-Button

[@lluisafernandoguardia9721]

So do I.

[@noramendez9035]

Por qué no está más disponible este video?

[@edgarumlauf4684]

Eindrucksvoller kann man den Liebestod nicht singen!! Auch das Orchester unter Zubin Mehta ist großartig!

[@iggystuffmore537]

dans l’âme du monde, dans la respiration universelle ? si il doit rester quelque chose de l'espèce humaine dans 10 millions d'années , cela sera ça !

[@alfredoechevarrieta7512]

Eternidad.

[@stephanmunz2692]

Was hätte Wilhelm Richard gedacht, wenn er diese außerirdische Sängerin hätte hören dürfte? Was ist die Steigerung von "höchste Lust"?

[@dalestroker4735]

Waltraud Meier is as if made for Isolde. I continue to compare her with Kirstin Flagstad, and Birgit Nilsson, but haven't made up my mind who is most brilliant. I suppose it may be the times in which this wonderful aria was performed that makes it so longing.

[@TheYopogo]

Aren't we lucky to live in a world where we have several slightly different transcendently excellent performances?

[@dalestroker4735]

@@TheYopogo We certainly are! and there are so many ways to access all this wonderful music these days. I'm happy you are a Wagner fan. He's one of my fav composers besides, Ravel, Prokofief, and Grieg. Thanks for responding!

[@TheYopogo]

@@dalestroker4735 I'm a classical fan in general as I head into my late 20s, but I remember discovering Wagner as a teenager and being absolutely blown away by the power and emotional intensity of his sublime music. People talk about Wagner's (undeniable) sophistication as if it's this abstract, intellectualised thing, and it is certainly worth analysing his music in detail; but at the same time his music isn't at all remote or abstract, it's immediate. And immediately human. When 15 year old me listened to the Solti recording of Siegfried's funeral march I "got it" instantly.

[@dalestroker4735]

@@TheYopogo Good to hear from you again. You most certainly have a clear mind for understanding and appreciating Classical at such a young age. In my late 20's is when I gained this interest too. Now I'm 65 and lucky to have grown up in Chicago, and have seen Sir Solti conduct many times. I also saw the opera, Tannhauser once at the best opera house in town! That was in 1989, last time it was performed here in the Windy City, and I was in awe for a full 4 hours! Take care! Keep in touch anytime! Wagner had a decent sense of humor as well.

[@waltramsey9953]

there are parts made for people ... this is hers. Agrerich owns the 3rd. Nathalie Dessaix - so many more

[@sebastianeberle9738]

Amazing. Not from this world.

[@gottfriedkappen]

Als Mann möchtest du danach nicht mehr leben!!!

[@ioannisd8159]

Could someone give details on the performance (singers, orchestra, director etc)?

[@arturlindstrom653]

ioannisd it’s from 1998, National Theatre Munich. Isolde: Waltraud Meier, Tristan: John Fredric West, conductor: Zubin Mehta

[@barbarasymmes8464]

She is amazing. As a Latin American, I must say that Nordic peoples scare me a bit. There is something harsh in that perfection, that is very different from the culture we inherited from Spain and the original people from our lands.

[@joetursi9573]

She sounds like Patsy Cline,i think.

[@user-vx6bo3cx6m]

4:25

[@la_pirata_la_perla_negra]

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[@Vovvilina]

Want to see the original production? Skip to end of this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqisaX6dibOtasU

[@NegruIacov]

No funcional armony great proyect wagner

[@malenasheytanova9967]

The benchmark🛶

[@MrSkylark1]

Kirsten Flagstad was "THE" Isolde. This singing is quite odd because slow tempi indicates labored singing as noted by the consonants, along with a curled, shaking tongue and covered tones on certain phrases. The orchestra sounds magnificent but it is very difficult for a singer when the tone is not brilliant

[@jamestaylor35]

You must be a Democrat. What an ass!

[@marsfuture]

You may find that by many accounts Waltraud Meier has been credited with being 'THE' Isolde. Not that it'd matter (and it's not a contest per se), but if you really came to this absolutely sublime and profoundly moving, masterful performance to criticise, then I'd recommend finding better things to do with your time. You can keep your Flagstad, but do pay the highest respect where it's due. Meier's achievement here is almost otherworldly.

[@teddyofparis]

Don't pay any attention to them. You have all rights to prefer Flagstadt's Isolde, we're still in democracy I hope. Frau Meier's wonderful Isolde doesn't need those loony zealots!

[@user-ic5xu4jh6z]

Sternumstrahlt klingt aber nicht gerade wie sternumstrahlt vom Ausdruck her Recht seichte Betonung.Trotzdem tolle Stimme! Jedoch muss die Interpretation einfach tiefer gehen, mitreißen und, was schade ist. Für die jenigen, die nur die Stimme beurteilen ohne auf das Stück, dessen Bedeutung und interpretation einzugehen, mag es sicherlich gut bewertet werden. Gut und schlecht hat aber nicht immer was mit schön und nicht schön zu tun sondern eher mit Fachwissen und sollte nie verwechselt werden! Ein Laie darf gar nicht von gut oder schlecht sprechen, es kann höchstens gefallen oder nicht!