Julia Culp

Julia Culp
1880-1970
Dutch Mezzo

She studied at the Conservatory Amsterdam with Cornélie van Zanten.
Completing her studies in 1900, She was discovered by German-American conductor Wilhelm Berger, who took her to Berlin to perform at the concert hall Saal Bechstein in 1901. As early as 1902 she performed for Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and in 1903 she was invited to sing at the German Imperial Court for Empress Augusta Victoria. In 1911 Before long, she was performing all over Europe and America, She sang the mezzo-soprano part in the premiere performance of Frederick Delius's Songs of Sunset in London . In 1913 she made her American debut at Carnegie Hall in New York. In the United States, she soon became known as the "Dutch Nightingale".