An AMOC* Production

This chamber music arrangement—written specially for AMOC*—was first performed at The Met Cloisters in 2018, in the beautiful San Martín at Fuentidueña chapel. The New York Times called it “intimate, affecting and quietly rich with activism.” The piece, which celebrates Latin American poets and the voices of women, returned for a one-night-only engagement in December 2022 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. A rarely performed work, El Niño “ruminates on the notion that with the promise of new life, there is the equal threat of inexplicable violence and sacrifice,” said Bullock, “one of opera’s fastest-rising stars” (Vanity Fair), who curated the selections being performed.

Music by JOHN ADAMS
Libretto compilation by PETER SELLARS
Musical selections by JULIA BULLOCK
Musical arrangement by CHRISTIAN REIF

JULIA BULLOCK, soprano
JASMIN WHITE*, contralto
ANTHONY ROTH COSTANZO, countertenor
DAVÓNE TINES, bass-baritone
KYLE TINGZON*, countertenor (Omaha only)
TOD BRODY*, flute
RONI GAL-ED*, oboe
GLEB KANASEVICH*, clarinet
ALEX DAVIS*, bassoon
PRISCILLA RINEHART*, horn
CONOR HANICK, piano
JOHN ARIDA*, keyboard
JONNY ALLEN, percussion
JORDAN DODSON*, guitar
MIRANDA CUCKSON, KEIR GOGWILT, MIRAN KIM*, QIANWAN SHEN*, violin
ZÖE MARTIN-DOIKE*, CARRIE FREY*, viola
COLEMAN ITZKOFF, SETH PARKER WOODS*, cello
DOUG BALLIETT, CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON*, double bass

CHRISTIAN REIF*, conductor

CHRIS GILMORE*, lighting design

RR SIGEL*, tour producer

BETSY AYER*, production stage manager

JENNIFER CHEN, music supervisor

ZACK WINOKUR, director

* denotes guest artist