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Dutch National Opera Forward Festival 2023 Review: Perle Noire, Meditations For Joséphine – Bullock Stars In A Work Of Raw Emotion

The star of the show was, of course, Bullock, who created an intense, powerful, and insightful reading that was not, and never was supposed to have been, Josephine Baker. She was Julia Bullock! However, by identifying with Baker’s situation and immersing herself in the emotional torment she undoubtedly suffered, Bullock was able to produce a...

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Whether paying glowing tribute to Nina Simone or fusing the program’s disparate musical selections into a gratifying whole, Bullock delivers. … Bullock sings with a moving, mounting urgency set deep in the timbre of her lustrous voice and dramatic phrasing. Pay attention to the world as we find it, to its sorrows and joys, Lineage...