Bullock closed “Night and Dreams” bringing stunning focus to Schubert’s song of that name, “Nacht und Träume.” This is the kind of great Schubert singing that were I not to hear another song sung this year, it wouldn’t be a wasted year.

Julia Bullock sang with real tonal glamour.

The St. Louis native is a recitalist of rare talent and integrity. With nothing routine or expected about her, the soprano is very much her own law.

Some artists stay put, picking an aesthetic and staying there. Bullock seems bent on not being that sort, on learning, on growing. Her regimen is ferocious … And her mind is open, even to the work of composers whose music has yet to wholly attract her, doing her due diligence both as a professional singer and, more importantly, more...