FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 503-5474
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FOR MEDIA INQUIRIES
Davies Symphony Hall
201 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 503-5474
[email protected]
Collaborative Partner
Combining versatile artistry with a probing intellect and commanding stage presence, American classical singer Julia Bullock has headlined productions and concerts at preeminent arts institutions worldwide. This season, she makes debuts at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in El Niño and Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu in the European premiere of Antony and Cleopatra. Previous debuts include Covent Garden in Theodora; San Francisco Opera in the world premiere of Girls of the Golden West; Santa Fe Opera in Doctor Atomic; Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in The Rake’s Progress; and English National Opera, Teatro Real and Bolshoi Theatre in the title role of The Indian Queen. Other operatic highlights include the world premieres of Upload at Dutch National Opera and Fire Shut Up in My Bones at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
In concert, she has appeared with the world’s foremost orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, and London Symphony Orchestra, while recital highlights include appearances at New York’s Carnegie Hall, Boston’s Celebrity Series, Washington’s Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Mostly Mozart and Ojai Music festivals.
Her signature projects include Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine, conceived in collaboration with Peter Sellars, Tyshawn Sorey, and Claudia Rankine; Five Freedom Songs, developed with Jessie Montgomery; and History’s Persistent Voice, which combines the songs of enslaved people with new music by Black American women. Released by Nonesuch, Bullock’s solo album debut, Walking in the Dark, was featured in the New York Times’s “Best Classical Music Tracks of 2022” and NPR’s 20 “Best Albums of 2022.” Her growing discography also includes the soundtrack of Amazon’s The Underground Railroad and Grammy-nominated recordings of West Side Story and Doctor Atomic.
An innovative and in-demand curator, Ms. Bullock’s notable positions have included Collaborative Partner and artist-in-residence at the San Francisco Symphony, and artist-in-residence of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and London’s Guildhall School. Committed to integrating community activism with her musical life, she is a prominent voice for social consciousness and change.