Waltraud Meier as Isolde in Bayreuth

[analfabeto56]

errante arrepentida y triste con el amla rota, sufriente gimiendo la redencion La dulce confrontancion de la reconciliacion, alla pasado el perdon.....

[SPLINTER581]

Waltraud är den bäste efter Kirsten. den bästa på 90-00 talet

[edro3638]

Difficult note? It's a question of the singers ear! She has no problem with that, she's in perfect pitch. It's a difficult passage as in much of Wagners works ! So what? That's why one studies, yes?

[edro3638]

Fuck the note you critics just try it!, it's a tough one! Shut up!

[edro3638]

fuck the note!

[ploplisphilin]

@chrysothemis--It's really Herr Wagner's fault is so many wonderful singers have a little problem with that note. LOL. And it is true that people will always remember that note. LOL. Too bad for them. Mme. Meier is a legendary Isolde inspite of that note. I think even Nilsson 's final note as Isolde had an edge to it too.

[ploplisphilin]

Very effective lighting and costume: Isolde radiant for the transfiguration. Too bad the last note is a little questionable for pitch.

[Chrysothemis]

@ploplisphilin Don't almost everyone have the same problem? The last note, that is. It's really funny - even after 4 hours hitting a good pianissimo F# shouldn't be THAT hard. Maybe it's just nerves, given that's the only note a lot of people will remember of your entire performance...

[daydreammen]

WoW wOw

[SuperDarchangel]

Der Matthias Hölle macht seinem Namen alle Ehre und bringt das Kunststück fertig, fast so scheiße wie Matti Salminen zu klingen...

[kugelwuerfel]

@SuperDarchangel Darauf erwartest Du ja wohl keine Antwort!

[McDrBe]

@archcorenth: yamamoto's costumes, stage design and mueller's interpretation pay tribute to the fact that this opera was considered impossible to put on stage (the scheduled premiere in vienna was canceled after 75 rehearsals!). however, in my opinion, only in this minimalistic setting, the singers are able to develop this phenomenal, undiverted artistic relationship. i believe that jerusalem and meier (both performing this part for the first time) are a perfectly balanced match.

[McDrBe]

@archcorenth: yamamoto's costumes, stage design and mueller's interpretation pay tribute to the fact the this opera was considered impossible to put in on stage (the scheduled premiere in vienna was canceled after 75 rehearsals!). however, in my opinion, only in this minimalistic setting, the singers are able to develop this phenomenal, undiverted artistic relationship. i believe that jerusalem and meier (both performing this part for the first time) are a perfectly balanced match.

[rumpwrestler]

@McDrBe Yes, this production, which I have on dvd, is marvelous.

[McDrBe]

@archcorenth: yamamoto's costumes, stage design and mueller's interpretation pay tribute to the fact the this opera was considered impossible to put in on stage (the scheduled premiere in vienna was canceled after 75 rehearsals!). however, in my opinion, only in this minimalistic setting, the singers are able to develop this phenomenal, undiverted artistic relationship. i believe that jerusalem and meyer (both performing this part for the first time) are a perfectly balanced match.

[archcorenth]

exhilarating. But why has the costume dressed Meier in a tent? She's a very beautiful woman, and this makes her look about a hundred pounds over weight.

[Babs22h]

6:40 is awesome cause its like a false high. you you think its not going to grow anymore but the music just continues to swell and swell and swell til 7:46 and the rest is afterglow

[funtofunky2002]

wonderful staging too. Yellow as Eternity. And Meier´s the best Isolde since B.Nilson..without any doubt. Just great. Somebody should load more of this DVD on youTube,please.

[davisbone]

she's much better then Nilson-voice and looks

[taxijunkie]

Eindeutig: Waltraud Meier ist Wagners Stimme nach Nillson. inspiriert mit höchster Sangeskunst ausgestattet und ausgewogen,balanciert in tiefer Empfindung und stimmlichem Hochglanz. Bravourös!

[specsies]

very interesting, strange staging.

And her straight, powerful singing amidst the ruins (even in he piano parts): horribly wonderful.

[gonzalo1374]

si wagner tuviera que elegir se quedaría con la diosa meier, nadie ha cantado con más respeto, sinceridad y devoción al maestro.meier es isolde, isolde es meier, heil waltraud!!!

[wagthedog100]

really gonzalo, you should know:

to finish your stupid devotion with a Hitlergruß is much more an painful insult for the german singer than a praise.

[jorfel49]

@wagthedog100 He may have been trying to say Hail! (as in Hail Caesar!) and may not have realized the difference in nuance between Heil in German and Hail in English as from his name his first language has to be Spanish...

[wagthedog100]

@jorfel49 yes, you're right. And even in the German language, "Heil" is of course an ambiguous, difficult word: of course it's much older than its Nazi-abuse. And even in Wagner's opera texts it appears in that kind of meaning you're quoting, jorfel, (Gonzalo probably wanted to cite the same). But despite all this, it's simply impossible to use it in today's everyday language, without misunderstandings... it's Nazi-history is always present now.

[jorfel49]

@wagthedog100 Oh, yes I understand, it's like the swastika, which is a 2,000 year old symbol but now inextricably linked to Nazis and Neo-Nazis....

[wagthedog100]

stupid question.

[specsies]

Yes, a very senseless question - really. Because both are very unique in their own way.

As if the singing would be a silly competition.

[wolfgangtheophilus]

Meier or Stemme? that,s my question:. Adoro la Meier tambien

[filmevoncosima]

Yes, that's the question - both are magnificent, at least one level above all others!!!

[ramcduff]

I think Meier's acting and timing are superior. I also prefer her voice - but that is closer call.

[ShamusMacGuffin]

All subjective, but I never believed a single soprano's performance of this role until I encountered Meier's portrayal, although not this one. The sets in this production are terrible, although her Tristan is a match for her. She's glorious.

[schopenhauerms]

mir fallen die ohren ab.

[3tristan]

This is the best Isolde after Birgit Nilsson.

But I like much more the production of the Scala from 7 december 2007, which you can see by youtube (24 parts) or buy on DVD since november 2008 now....

[minirausch]

i'm gonna have to watch this..i am intrigued by the production. this is the most convincing transfiguration i've seen, what a gorgeous tableau at the curtain.

meier is unsurprisingly great--this marke though! wow.

[moghedien13]

A little tired vocally, but such commitment and knowledge of her own resources. ourstanding.

[ElliePearl]

I love Waltraud Meier. I was so excited when she replaced Katarina Dalayman as Isolde tonight at the Met, though I do like Dalayman, but I was too excited about Waltraud to care!

[warrentommo]

I was at the Met was Waltraud replaced Dalayman lats week Friday. After visiting NY from Jamaica, and arriving in NY on the same afternoon, I was a little disappointed in Waltraud's performance. She kept going off pitch here and there, after the first act. I guess she was probably tired, flying in from Munich and all the night before.

[warrentommo]

She is much better in this performance -its actually quite good!

[Bartok2100]

Great!

[Chrysothemis]

Wow, this production took its sweet time to come out on DVD, and it wasn't even available on VHS. But boy, was it worth the wait. Finally we have a Tristan worth watching. Outstanding.

[Harkiss]

Absolutely and utterly brilliant....

[willb48]

Magnificent! I've heard many versions, back to Flagstadt, and this tops them all.

A quibble: I wish that she had sung this at the Met, with Levine conducting.

[ludwigna78]

Magnifica! Adoro la Meier!!

[walkure8]

US release for this performance is June 08. Can't wait!!!

[metalchix]

Stunning! I never get tired of watching this.

[aptcore59]

Totally agree!! I just can't get enough of this!