Julia Faulkner

Faulkner has sung frequently on many of the great opera stages of the world, including La Scala, Berlin, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Paris, Amsterdam, Genoa, Bordeaux and Stockholm. In 1994 Julia returned to America to make her Metropolitan Opera début in the title rôle of Strauss’s Arabella. She remained on the Met roster regularly and has sung in a new production of Die Frau Ohne Schatten. Faulkner’s concert and recording career is equally distinguished and has included engagements with the Berlin Philharmonic, LA Philharmonic under Salonen, the Cleveland Orchestra under Dohnányi, the Concertgebouw under Chailly, the San Francisco Symphony under Tilson-Thomas, the Minnesota Orchestra under Jeffrey Tate and the Dresdner Staatskapelle under Giuseppi Sinopoli. She has recordings on the Sony, Decca, EMI, Naxos, and Deutsche Grammophon labels, which are very highly regarded in the international press.

Julia Faulkner holds both bachelor and master degrees from Indiana University, and is a highly regarded master teacher as well as performer. She is sought after for her expertise in masterclasses and regularly teaches at young artist programs such as La Musica Lirica in Italy and the Tyrôlean Opera Program in Austria. She has award-winning students singing worldwide on opera, concert and music theater stages. She joined the faculty of the University of Wisconsin School of Music in the fall of 2003 as Assistant Professor of Voice.