Waltraud Meier Liebestod Bayreuth

[@wolfhardmuller8462]

Welch herrliche Stimme. Ich durfte ihre Isolde in Bayreuth 1996 erleben, es war ein Gänsehaut-Moment für mich und bleibt unvergessen.

[@andreayohai]

Wunderbare Stime.

[@matthiashoffmann1550]

Für die Ewigkeit 😇

[@Raymond-d2l7n]

What can one say? Surely the most moving piece of music ever penned. Cuts to ones soul. Meier's voice is so powerful yet so sweet and never shrill.

[@dagmarmantzaris9374]

Für mich die göttlichste Stimme der Isolde- wundervoll- jedes Wort rein und klar wie ihre Stimme- göttlich schön- danke Waltraud Meier

[@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...

[@ottodrolkar6989]

@Kole Maximo Never

[@terryhammond1253]

This superb artist reinvents her interpretation of Isolde for every new production she undertakes.

[@martinstrau3491]

Leider habe ich Waltraud Meier nur einmal auf der Bühne erleben dürfen. Aber ich erinnere mich gerne an Gespräche mit ihr. Ich habe in den 90ern in einem Limousinenunternehmen gearbeitet und ich habe sie drei oder vier Mal von ihrer Berliner Wohnung zu Tonaufnahmen in der Philharmonie gefahren. Eine sehr sympathische und bodenständige Frau ohne jegliche Starallüren. Danke für die, wenn auch kurze, aber interessanten Gespräche.

[@javiermarting]

Disturbing, trascendental beauty. Those are the only words I can find to describe my mental state after hearing Waltraud Meier singing this immense monument. I only allow myself this treat from time to time, it leaves me emotionally exhausted. I was lucky enough to hear her in Madrid as Isolde, I was shattered, what an experience. I remember all people around me were in tears when the curtain fell after act III. Years later it was Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde, I think it was even more intense (OMG) when she sung those extended last words: ...ewig... ewig... It was so intense, so beautiful, so unearthly that everyone got a lump in the throat, and wept out of emotion. A very unique singer.

[@ernestalba]

It is overwhelming. Certainly the most overwhelming moment in all of opera and to me in all of the Western tradition of music.

[@lifeloveandliteraturejoyeu7967]

Connected to the things of the world, feeling down and confused. Started to listen to this and was immediately transported into an infinitely more beautiful, real world. Rapturous. Great Art is the ultimate balm for all transitory woes. This is just absolutely breathtakingly rapturous. Exulted and exuberant beyond words. Transcendental beyond words. Thank you, Richard wagner, my immortal soul pays homage to you, eternally

[@rdred8693]

This is poetry.

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

@@rdred8693 the music or my comment? I am actually a poet and a playwright. A living legend in my apartment. Love literature, learning and music. Not many of us left these days. But the esoteric writer Ouspensky says "it is of value because it is not for everyone". Good old Ouspensky. Best wishes, Noel

[@rdred8693]

@@hermesnoelthefourthway

[@rdred8693]

Both!

[@hermesnoelthefourthway]

@@rdred8693 it's nice to be appreciated, as I'm sure wagner felt when he met Ludwig, the Swan king. I thought you meant both. Noel

[@mrinalinisrivastava6871]

This is so moving and beautiful, even the vibrato in the middle range mentioned by another listener, an imperfection that makes her performance even more moving. It reveals the inner fragility of Isolde. An experience!

[@mourningsun6175]

Wie unbeschreiblich schön.......welch wundervoller Geist diese Szene schuf.... auf grandiose Weise dargeboten.... DANKE

[@davidross6158]

One of the best, OK the bes! Unglaubliche Danke aus Montana, USA

[@mourningsun6175]

Die beste!!! Grüße aus der BRD nach Montana

[@nemo9171]

Welche Hautstarke ! Welche Daseinstand ! Und Wie eine Wunderschönedame Si ist !Besten und vielen Dank dafür zu Ihnen !

[@christopher_rubicam]

Hautstarke? Please help an English speaker understand.

[@rosshart9514]

@@christopher_rubicam Typo. Lautstärke = Volume, here in the meaning of audibility or power of the voice

[@skyhunk]

Art transcends time and place. We are transported somewhere else when we hear such beauty. IMO, only Nilsson is a contender for top spot. Thanks for giving us this clip.

[@rhanemcquain3853]

Ole Nielson not even Flagstad?

[@livianegidius9772]

@@rhanemcquain3853 for me Jessye Norman

[@rhanemcquain3853]

@@livianegidius9772 the true Queen 👑

[@stirpeviola1]

Che meraviglia senza parole! Applausi per un'ora!

[@Ceciliaseg64]

What a voice! I knew she was meant for Wagner roles ever since I heard her as Venus in her earlier recordings.

[@ferdiriordan1]

Stunning. Bravissima Waltraud.

[@andrew1976williams]

Sensational singing!

[@gottliebsmilingstocksspang2327]

they say there is no perfection under the sun, but they overlooked Waltraud Meier's Liebestod

[@DanyaYuvachev]

Не могу заснуть, пока не прослушаю. Спасибо, прекрасная Вальтраута!

[@vincebossi46]

Voce splendida,commovente interpretazione.Brava e pochissimo!!!!!!

[@jmballestra7607]

Sicherlich einer der Hôhepunkte der Musik !!!! Unbeschreiblich herrlich !!!!!

[@vincentlombardo9797]

seen and heard then at Bayreuth .. still and ever unforgettable!

[@henkwesterik]

Unbearable beautiful. Such a stunning performance.

[@MrTinkerballz]

what a performance..wow!!!

[@pedrononell7078]

I think mss maier is one of the Best Isolde in the last years. Supreme. Thank you mss maier

[@terryhammond1253]

I neglected to mention that I was in Bayreuth in 1999 and heard this performance live. Ah, to hear Wagner's masterpieces in the very theater he created for them...sublime.

[@garylysaght1579]

Terry Hammond what a PS! It must have been incredible 😀

[@johnsmith-mo1yc]

To me - one of the greatest musical moments of my life She is astounding!

[@aneraadamik8089]

I apsolutely agree with Mr John Smith. You can only cry of beauty.

[@AliceHatter]

Absolutely!!!!!

[@befree4728]

Gänsehaut pur.🙏🌷

[@pacogarbe6545]

No me canso de escuchar esta maravilla!

[@wernerheld9751]

Ergreifend, wunderbar, himmlisch

[@ciociosan]

Glorious and imperfect. How marvelous.

[@alanquigley9902]

My favorite by a mile

[@jeromejohnortegacastro5511]

just magnificent...

[@matthiasungar130]

Einfach Herrlich!!!

[@kendalson7100]

Superb.

[@1968KWT]

Happy Birthday, Waltraud Meier 🌹🌹🌹

[@dagmarmantzaris9374]

Wie wonnevoll Vollkommen dieses Werk

[@santiagomolinepalacio4197]

fantástico , una pasada

[@janiceeteme5536]

Beautiful, Powerful

[@cesardaia4912]

Espetacular.

[@manuelnoya8257]

Después de haber oído esta pieza centenares de veces en diversas cantantes, esta versión me parece escalofriante.

[@peterkratzke952]

Ich kann mich mit ihrer Isolde nicht befreunden: ich finde den Beginn vokal unstet, den Vortrag ertrotzt; mich stört ebenfalls das quicke, teilweise scharfe Vibrato in der Höhe.. Dem Gesang fehlt insgesamt das Sichverströmen, die Hoheit. Der Liveeindruck in Bayreuth 1993 deckt sich mit dem hier vorgestellten Ausschnitt. Wesentlich besser gefiel sie mir als Waltraute und Kundry. Letztere war ihre Glanzpartie.

[@operaloverhro3407]

Wer sinnt beim Hören dieser Aufnahme, beim Reflektieren über diese Aufnahme später, nicht nach, ob ein Tod aus Liebe wirklich so abwegig wäre? Ich denke der Verlust/ der Verzicht auf diese schmerzlich/ schmerzhaft schönen Erinnerungen/ Vorstellungen würde unsere Existenz um Etliches ärmer machen.

[@Rassendhyl100]

Stunning!

[@fabiaan847]

»Das ist das äußerste und höchste Wort dieser Welt, ihre Krönung, ihr Triumph, geprägt und gesättigt von ihrem Geiste.« - Thomas Mann über den Liebestod

[@ernestalba]

Pins and needles, pins and needles. To sink, to drown, completely enraptured, is the highest bliss!

[@hanochcohen2243]

Perfection.

[@edgarumlauf4684]

Zu den großen Isoldes muß man, in der Nachfolge von Kirsten Flagstad, die Sängerinnen Marta Mödl, Birgit Nielsson und nun auch Waltraud Meier einbeziehen.

[@jeannettebarrenechea8718]

Sublime ,maravilloso

[@ernestodl4774]

I love her, so much!

[@colingordon8265]

If nothing else, it stands as a testament to the sheer physicality of singing.

[@patrizialauraf]

emozionante, perfetta

[@andreayohai7566]

Wunderbare Isolde !!

[@AlbertoRuizChavez]

Colosal. Me pongo de pie.

[@lluisafernandoguardia9721]

The Best.

[@richardwagner4635]

Als wollte die göttliche Stimme der Waltraud Meier mit ihrem Liebestod zum Meister auch sagen: Sein Kampf ist zu Ende!

[@jordipanadesribera6890]

Maravella wagneriana !

[@roxaneramsey9606]

Have heard hundreds of recordings of Wagner. Meier is the penultimate Wagnerian soprano.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

E l'ultimo qual'e'?...e il primo?

[@aliciasarramida]

fabulous!!!!

[@stillstanding6031]

The lovers look as if they are angry with each other; Meier is not at her best sounding thin and tinny. The Barenboim orchestra is the thing here.

[@josevillela6439]

Maravillosa

[@jerryarispi4031]

some of her voice is so good...but that upper middle with its fast vibrato and throat tension...just kills it.

[@clarequilty4962]

Snark, Snark

[@seanmarshall7529]

I loved this so much that I did not realize how flat she is.. hope it's my crummy earphones...

[@puccio1795]

quel vibrato caprino....

[@eduardouchoa1675]

Wonderfull voice, but why just a profile face?

[@DonAlfonso63]

non ho capito se ti piace o meno.....

[@mashtali1]

Waltraud Meier is the BEST Isolde ever.

[@abcdefgh-db1to]

Thank god she isn't !

[@mashtali1]

@@abcdefgh-db1to what the hell do you know about it?

[@lacombe7]

Birgit nielsen was just as good.

[@jurgenschmitz7082]

Nichts als Gänsehaut

[@danielabellocchio9050]

Sublime

[@NonInflatable]

I didn't think anyone could approach Kirsten Flagstad. I was wrong.

[@Foulball0206]

Bravo

[@rvc6506]

I remember breaking down completely during a performance of this by Eileen Farrell (sp?) & the San Francisco Symphony in 1957. Very embarrassing but it was probably the proximate reason my date fell in love with me. I was "sensitive".

[@agatharuncible5876]

+roy childs I cry too! I would definitely be very taken with a date who also weeps at Wagner.

[@SerafinDrake]

+roy childs - I cry at this, too.

[@pgsells]

+roy childs A charming story! Were you able to follow the libretto, or was your reaction more from the mood and so on?

[@alexishoussard3066]

for this prelude the voice must not dominate the Orchestra ,this is the climb of the Mont Ventoux ,the voice is the climber but the Orchestra is the bicycle....

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Non mi pare una grande Isotta e sopratutto una grande cantante. Molto reclamizzata. Timbro piuttosto sgradevole e neppure troppo intonata. Con le Isotte che si sono "affacciate" prima di lei...

[@qsilverboy01]

Beautiful voice with power of urgency included. Only miner point is her voice become 'nasal" around "n".

[@JOSEMAK]

😍👏👏👏

[@1z1zz1z1zz]

A musical summit ..............................

[@BenEmberley]

Who conducted? Was it Daniel Barenboim?

[@screenlandfilm1777]

Yes, it was Daniel Barenboim. Greetings from Günter/Screen Land Film

[@LaSopRAWna]

i think she's extremely expressive with the language and artistic expression, lovely. i am enjoying that aspect. what i don't enjoy is her tone, almost at all. there are a few times it is pleasing, but that is all. what a shame for such an artist with such expressive capacity to not have found freedom in her tone yet. she is not free or resonating or supported properly. she cuts off the sound with tension and she's flat because the tone lacks support. when she shoves the sound into her nose and keeps her jaw shut, that very nasal sound is not pleasing to the ear. when you want an explosion of full throated tone, there's none, only a disconnected head voice with little exploration of resonance and a tremolo (goat bleetie vibrato) and lots of tension. what a shame. yet she's world famous for her artistry. Pobody's nerfect. I'll listen to other youtubes of her and see if this was just a bad day or a pretty accurate example of what she does.

[@sopranosd]

Look for the 1995 Bayreuth production which you can find here on youtube. She is exquisite and sounds much better than she does here.

[@lakejackson4305]

1995 bay

[@antoniomartinazzo5847]

Whereas KZbin can be very valuable, I strongly believe artists should be experienced live. There is more to Isolde than a pleasing sound through speakers.

[@Operafreak9]

Very astute observation.Very unsatisfactory.

[@xwsftassell]

Where are my cigarettes? Phew!!! Whaddya do for an encore? LOL.

[@opera751]

La prise de son place la voix trop près et cela ne rend pas service à cette inoubliable Isolde, un des grandes Isoldes modernes, inoubliable, malgré ou à cause de sa singularité.

[@mikeschmiedel7626]

einfach nicht von dieser Welt...

[@robertharvey8536]

It would be nice if she sang on pitch more often. And maybe even the rhythms. But that's asking too much.

[@robertharvey8536]

And the screechy vibrato.

[@dudeforcaster8630]

This is what singing has become and it makes me sad.

[@rousseau2002]

Nachtigall.

[@dsdfsdfdsfsdfds3800]

no orchestra for wagner, sounds like Bayreuth Festival.

[@tennispro337]

A great artist. But what’s with her intonation? A bit hard to ignore…

[@petermiddeke8271]

Nicht Waltraud sondern Isolde Meier sollte sie heissen.

[@andrehollmann4063]

...Aua...

[@jimmychoo1857]

Constricted

[@bodiloto]

e questa voce canta à Bayreuth?... o tempora o mores

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Purtroppo.

[@lohsemichael6398]

Hört sich irgendwie nicht richtig an🤔

[@josarth]

In some parts of this music, i see some italian's influence, some arias of Verdi, and i see too some Puccini's arias take something of this peace too.

[@MD-md4th]

😂

[@jefnelis2313]

Onbeschrijflijk.Niet onder woorden te brengen.

[@mariap.7115]

Dirigent?

[@ghtgodlyme5921]

The vibrato is disappointing.

[@ransomcoates546]

This one is grotesquely out of tune as well. Ugly, curdled tone.

[@dudeforcaster8630]

Joyce DiDonato has a similarly grotesquely ugly , curdled voice and yet people rave. I do not understand.

[@jerryarispi4031]

I really am surprised at how positively people are reacting to this performance. Besides being so often out of tune, there is little in the way of dynamic variation. Lastly, the tone on the g sharp climaxes is just plain ugly. If you think this is good, go listen to Birgit Nilsson, Jesseye Norman, Shirley Verret, or even Maria Callas.

[@gillan5]

@@trrill Yes, that is the reason Domingo said about her: she is untouchable. But you are sure superior to Domingo. Wonder why the stupid amateurs in Bayreuth never ask you for advise because you are the top notch connoisseur on singing Wagner.

[@fabriziogarzi9892]

Jerty Arispi, sono perfettamente d'accordo...e poi non e' un soprano ma un mezzosoprano con problemi sulle note alte. Ho ascoltato diverse Isotte dal vivo tra cui un paio di recite con la Nilsson...beh...ricominciamo da capo. Domingo puoi dire quello che vuole, sono gusti suoi e non nostri e con le porcheria che va cantando adesso non e' certo una sana garanzia.

[@robramakers6496]

Sublime!