Photo: Dan John Lloyd
Julia Bullock is a Grammy Award-winning American classical soprano who'll be performing in New Zealand early next year as part of the Auckland Arts Festival. She's been described as "genre-defying" - at home with classical opera, spiritual, popular and new music. Early on in her career she was compared to the singer and activist Josephine Baker; it led Julia to create a tribute project to her, inspired by Baker's experience as a Black performer navigating prejudice.
Julia travels the world working with various composers and orchestras - it'll be the turn of the Auckland Philharmonia in March, conducted by German artist Christian Reif, who also happens to be Julia's husband. The pair worked on Julia's first solo album Walking in the Dark - he playing the piano in the piece we just heard there. It netted them the Grammy two years ago for Best Classical Solo Vocal Album.
Julia Bullock makes her only Aotearoa appearance with an exclusive evening of magnetic presence and technical precision, led by visionary conductor Christian Reif. Saturday 7 March, at Great Hall, Auckland Town Hall, as part of the Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival. Tickets are on sale now.
