Susan Bullock
“A luxurious tone that gleams like steel.” (The Sunday Telegraph)
Biography
Highlights for Susan Bullock’s current season include her role debut as Emilia Marty (Věc Makropulos) in Richard Jones’s new production conducted by Friedemann Layer for Oper Frankfurt and appearances as Brünnhilde in Vera Nemirova’s new production of Der Ring des Nibelungen for Oper Frankfurt under Sebastian Weigle. She performs Mahler's Symphony No. 8 with the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle and Salome with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra under Edo de Waart.
She has appeared as Wagner’s Brünnhilde at the Royal Opera House, the Wiener Staatsoper, Teatro La Fenice, Teatro Nacional de São Carlos Lisbon, Oper Frankfurt, Opéra de Lyon, with the Canadian Opera Company, and at the New National Theatre Tokyo. She has performed the role of Isolde in London, Frankfurt, Verona, Leeds and Rouen.
Above all, the role of Richard Strauss’s Elektra has brought Susan Bullock substantial international acclaim and collaborations with some of the world’s leading conductors including Fabio Luisi, Semyon Bychkov, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Mark Elder and Edo de Waart; and debuts with the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Washington National Opera, and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. She received the Royal Philharmonic Society’s award in 2009 for her performances of Elektra at the Royal Opera House.
Reviews
"The Brünnhilde was Susan Bullock, as always profoundly musical and bringing tears to one's eyes with the tenderness of phrasing that seems second nature to her. She is not a belt-it-out Wagnerian of the old school (thank goodness) but can soar above the orchestra when necessary. Her virtue is total absorption in the role and her diction is immaculate." (Die Walküre - Hallé, Sir Mark Elder - Opera Magazine, October 2011)
“Bullock meets the role's massive vocal demands with a rippling dramatic soprano, displaying real mastery of dynamic and expressive extremes.” (The Opera Critic, March 2009)
“Susan Bullock’s Elektra is astonishing – her acting glint-eyed and obsessive, her singing turbo-charged, her stamina immense and her performance as intense as anything I’ve seen at Covent Garden this year.” (The Times, November 2008)
“After two decades building a solid British reputation for stamina, reliability and versatility, Susan Bullock has sprung into the world-class league of dramatic sopranos, performing the Wagnerian repertory in international houses with considerable success.” (The Telegraph)
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Susan Bullock appears as Brünnhilde in Siegfried at Oper Frankfurt
Lilli Paasikivi and Susan Bullock perform with Berliner Philharmoniker
Susan Bullock and Janine Jansen perform in closing week of BBC Proms
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Susan Bullock appears as Brünnhilde with The Hallé at Manchester International Festival
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