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“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...
Julia Bullock stars as Destiny/Loneliness in the world premiere of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, the operatic adaptation of Charles Blow’s wrenching coming-of-age memoir, at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Running from June 15 to June 29, Fire Shut Up in My Bones features music by award-winning jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard and a...
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...
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...
