Bullock, Julia

John Adams’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ Sags at the Metropolitan Opera

John Adams’s Shakespeare adaptation has been trimmed since its premiere, but still struggles with setting a flood of dense Elizabethan verse.

By Zachary Woolfe

Blain-Cruz, Lileana Blanco, Montana Levi Bridges, J'Nai Bullock, Julia Classical Music El Nino (Opera) Metropolitan Opera Opera Sellars, Peter Tines, Davone

Review: John Adams’s ‘El Niño’ Arrives at the Met in Lush Glory

The opera-oratorio, an alternate Nativity story, featured a flurry of Met debuts, including the director Lileana Blain-Cruz and the conductor Marin Alsop.

By Oussama Zahr

Black People Bullock, Julia Classical Music Costanzo, Anthony Roth El Nino (Opera) Juilliard School Metropolitan Opera Opera Sellars, Peter Tines, Davone

A Pathbreaking Singer Arrives at the Met, With Pearls and Tattoos

Davóne Tines, who stars in the oratorio “El Niño,” is challenging traditions in classical music and using art to confront social problems.

By Javier C. Hernandez

Bullock, Julia Classical Music Park Avenue Armory (Manhattan, NY)

Review: The Soprano Julia Bullock’s Brilliant Sincerity

Julia Bullock, an artist of sensitivity and intelligence, appeared at the Park Avenue Armory with the pianist John Arida.

By Joshua Barone