What the soprano Julia Bullock loves about Kurt Weill’s music, she said during her recital at the Park Avenue Armory on Monday, is how it spins the personal into the universal.
Even in her selection of this composer’s work: Weill, an exile artist whose sound exemplified Weimar Berlin before helping to shape Broadway’s golden age, was split between two countries.
On the one hand, the evening was quintessentially her, in vocal character and preoccupations with historical and musical connections.
The Board of Officers Room at the Armory, one of the most intimate and ideal spaces for vocal recitals, is also particularly well-suited to Bullock’s specific sound.
At its fullest, her instrument can engulf an auditorium, but she keeps those moments in reserve; her performances are not defined by their size.
Persons:
Julia Bullock, Kurt Weill’s, Weill, Bullock, John Arida
Organizations:
Armory
Locations:
Weimar Berlin, Germany