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Julia Bullock sits in a white chair, wearing a white blouse and black pants, with one leg folded up on the chair. .

Interview with Italy’s GB Opera Magazine

“The role of an artist today is always the same [as it has been in the past]: to observe and listen to the surrounding world very carefully, interpret it, make these interpretations his own, and then find a way to share them, striving to illuminate those aspects that would otherwise have been ignored.” -Julia Bullock...

2019 Eastman School of Music Commencement Speech

On June 10, Julia Bullock delivered the commencement speech at her alma mater, the Eastman School of Music. Watch a clip of her address to the students: Full text here: “Good-afternoon, soon to be Eastman graduates of 2019, visiting families, friends, and distinguished and deeply brilliant faculty.  I’m so happy to be here with you...

A dark image of Julia singing with a look of intensity.

El Cimarrón

For the final event of her Met residency, Julia Bullock forgoes taking center stage in favor of curating and directing the performance of Hans Werner Henze’s El Cimarrón, the story of escaped Afro-Cuban slave Esteban Montejo. Praised as “vivid, seductive and otherworldly” (New York Times), this 75-minute recital for bass-baritone, flute, percussion, and guitar stars...