Combining versatile artistry with a probing intellect and commanding stage presence, American classical singer Julia Bullock has headlined productions and concerts at preeminent arts institutions worldwide.

This season, she makes debuts at the Metropolitan Opera in El Niño and at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu in the European premiere of Antony and Cleopatra. She previously debuted at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in Theodora; San Francisco Opera in the world premiere of Girls of the Golden West; Santa Fe Opera in Doctor Atomic; Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in The Rake’s Progress; and English National Opera, Teatro Real, and Bolshoi Theatre in the title role of The Indian Queen. Other operatic highlights include the world premieres of Upload at Dutch National Opera and Fire Shut Up in My Bones at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.

In concert, Ms. Bullock has appeared with the world’s foremost orchestras, including the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics; Boston, NHK, and London symphony orchestras; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra; and Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; while recital highlights include appearances at Carnegie Hall, Celebrity Series of Boston, the Kennedy Center, London’s Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, and the Ojai Music Festival.

Ms. Bullock’s signature projects include Perle Noire: Meditations for Joséphine, conceived in collaboration with Peter Sellars, Tyshawn Sorey, and Claudia Rankine; Five Freedom Songs, developed with Jessie Montgomery; and History’s Persistent Voice, which combines songs of enslaved people with new music by Black women composers. Released by Nonesuch, Ms. Bullock’s solo album debut, Walking in the Dark, was nominated for a Grammy Award, in addition to being featured in The New York Times’s “Best Classical Music Tracks of 2022” and NPR’s 20 “Best Albums of 2022.”

Her growing discography also includes the soundtrack of Amazon Prime Video’s The Underground Railroad and Grammy-nominated recordings of West Side Story and Doctor Atomic. An innovative and in-demand curator, Ms. Bullock’s past positions include collaborative partner of Esa-Pekka Salonen and artist-in-residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, San Francisco Symphony, and London’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Committed to integrating community activism with her musical life, she is a prominent voice for social consciousness and change.

Japanese American pianist Bretton Brown enjoys a diverse career as song accompanist, chamber musician, and coach. He lives in London and made his debut there in 2016, accompanying Renée Fleming at Wigmore Hall. Further recital appearances include the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, and Edinburgh International Festival. In the 2023–2024 season, he tours the US with Julia Bullock and the UK with Hera Hyesang Park. His season began at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, where he prepared the world premiere of Picture a day like this, the newest opera by Sir George Benjamin and Martin Crimp.

Mr. Brown has worked closely with Mr. Benjamin for over a decade. He was repetiteur/coach for the world premiere of Lessons in Love and Violence at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and subsequent productions across Europe, and the American and Canadian premieres of Written on Skin. He has also performed as a guest artist with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, including at the BBC Proms, Berliner Philharmonie, and Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, with Mr. Benjamin conducting.

In 2024, Mr. Brown joins Dutch National Opera as repetiteur/coach for the world premiere of Ellen Reid’s The Shell Trial. He has also prepared the world premiere of Zauberland, written for Ms. Bullock, for the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris, and he assisted Ms. Fleming in the preparation of André Previn’s final work, Penelope.

Committed to the development of younger artists, Mr. Brown is on faculty at Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, where he teaches pianists, coaches singers, and has curated several innovative song projects. He has been a visiting professor at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and guest teacher of the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Beginning in summer 2024, he will lead the resident artist program of the Lakes Area Music Festival in Minnesota.

Raised in Kentucky, Mr. Brown studied at Yale University, the New England Conservatory, and The Juilliard School. He won prizes for music and poetry at Yale, the Henri Kohn Memorial Award from Tanglewood, and Juilliard’s Richard F. French Prize for his doctoral dissertation on the life and music of Gustav Holst. He is also a finisher of the New York City Marathon.