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Jeannine Altmeyer, soprano, first captured the attention of the opera world when, at age twenty-one, she won first prize in several major competitions, including the national Metropolitan Opera Auditions. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut the following season as the Celestial Voice in Don Carlo with Monserrsat Caballe, Fiorenze Cossotto, Franco Corelli and Robert Merrell.
The late legendary Lotte Lehmann was so impressed by her talent that she personally arranged auditions for Ms. Altmeyer with some of the leading European conductors. This resulted in numerous offers, and she soon became well-known for her interpretation of such roles as Elsa in Lohengrin, Eva in Der Meistersinger, and Elizabeth in Tannhauser. A regular performer at the Bayreuth Festival, she received international acclaim for her performance as Sieglinde in the first Ring cycle ever to be televised worldwide.
She has been praised for her portrayal of Brunnhilde in all of the Ring operas, Leonore in Fidelio and Isolde in Tristan and Isolde to mention a few. She has performed these and other roles extensively in the world's major opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Paris, La Scala, Rome, Teatro Colon, San Francisco and Chicago. She portrayed Isolde in Los Angeles Opera's landmark production of Tristan and Isolde.
Ms. Altmeyer was Guest Artist and Master class Teacher at the premiere season of the Hawaii Performing Arts Festival in 2005 and 2007.
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