Julian, with ‘a rich voice that appears to come from the centre of the earth,’ stands as one of the most acclaimed basses in the UK. Last season, The Metropolitan Opera for Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, Hamlet, Don Carlo and sang Sparafucile in Rigoletto.
For Scottish Opera, Simone & Talpa/Il trittico. To the ROH for Das Rheingold. Previously, he debuted at Covent Garden in Die Zauberflote.
For The MET he sang Der Bankier/Lulu also Das Rheingold, Götterdämmerung, Otello, Pelléas et Mélisande, Der Rosenkavalier. He joined the Met roster in 2011 for Der Ring des Nibelungen and has returned subsequently every season.
For Washington National Opera, Fasolt; Opéra de Montréal, Fasolt; Minnetsota Opera, Fafner; Pacific Symphony Ramphis and the Teatro Colon for his debut as Baron Ochs/Der Rosenkavalier. Due to debut as Fasolt for Lyric Opera Chicago also covering Hunding and Hagen until the pandemic struck. Similarly, to cover Konig Marke/Tristan & Isolde at The MET.
Most recently for WNO, Don Juan/From the House of the Dead & previously Bonze/Madame Butterfly, Athlete/Lulu, Angelotti/Tosca, Dosifey/Khovanshchina, Pistole/Falstaff also Moses und Aron and Nabucco.
Engagements include Dutch National opera, Opera North, ENO, Garsington, Dorset & BBC Philharmonic as Lodovico/Otello. Birmingham Symphony, Wotan/Das Rheingold. Numerous broadcasts for the BBC, Met LiveHD as well as recordings. This year, Irish National Opera, 1st Soldier/Salome and will sing Sparafucile/ Rigoletto this autumn before returning to The MET for their Rigoletto. Julian won the 2019 Carol Rees award.