Phillip Bullock

American baritone Phillip Bullock’s recent engagements include his return to Virginia Opera where he inaugurated the role of Theoliver “Jake” Jeter Loving vs. Virginia in Damien Jeter’s world premiere. He was a Resident Singer with American Opera Project’s Composers and the Voice 2023–2025 cycle led by Artistic Director Steven Osgood and made his debut with PEAK Performances as Derrick Wheatt Blind Injustice, a role he also sang at Lincoln Center with MasterVoices. Future engagements include the role of Charlie in Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer’s Three Decembers at Eugene Opera and he is currently appearing at The Metropolitan Opera in Porgy and Bess.

Past highlights include his appearances as Zodzetrick in Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha in his return to Cincinnati Opera where he sang the roles of Cato and Watchman in Gregory Spears and Tracy K. Smith’s new critically acclaimed opera, Castor and Patience, voted the Best New Opera of 2022 by The New York Times.   Additionally, he premiered Diane White-Clayton’s commissioned work Many Mansions with Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and he joined American Opera Projects for Composers and the Voice: Six Scenes as well as appearing in Long Beach Opera’s The Romance of the Rose, written by Pulitzer nominee Kate Soper and directed by James Darrah.