DACAMERA presents Julia Bullock in Messiaen’s “Harawi”

When

January 30, 2026 | 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm

What

Olivier Messiaen’s song cycle “Harawi” (Song of Love and Death)

Julia Bullock, soprano; Conor Hanick, piano

A rare Houston performance from Grammy Award-winning classical vocalist Julia Bullock, admired both for her critically-acclaimed performances at the Metropolitan Opera as well as original, boundary-breaking recitals of astounding intensity. Appearing here with frequent collaborator and virtuosic soloist Conor Hanick, these two luminous musicians shine their collective light one of the vocal masterpieces of the 20th century.

Olivier Messiaen’s heartrending Harawi transports us to the world of the Quechua people of the Andes. It is Messiaen’s grandest song cycle, with bird song, forbidding stone statues and the tenderest affairs of the heart conjured in sound. The music shifts effortlessly from the influence of underground jazz in wartime Paris to a Peru of legendary folk song, where monkeys jabber and dancers shake their ankle bracelets. Messiaen’s inimitable dazzling harmonies and rhythms cast a magical spell in this story of timeless love.

“Julia Bullock Gives an Extraordinary Performance of Messiaen’s Song Cycle. Her voice filled the hall and never wavered.” Operawire

Tickets

$26 with promo code HAPPY26

Where

Cullen Theater at Wortham Theater Center

501 Texas Ave Houston, TX 77002