sentences:  Meier and Breinl are performing numerous recitals in 2007-08 in Japan, Germany, France, Austria, and Spain.In July 2008, Meier appeared as Venus in a production of "Tannhäuser" in Baden-Baden, directed by Nikolaus Lehnhoff, conducted by Philippe Jordan, and also starring Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser), Stephen Milling (Herrmann), and Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth).The New York Times reported that "Ms. Meier, a musician with deep reserves of force and a gift for madness, was the perfect Venus."