Julia Culp

Julia Culp

Julia Bertha Culp (6 October 1880 – 13 October 1970), the "Dutch nightingale", was an internationally celebrated mezzo-soprano in the years 1901–1919. "You might describe Julia Culp as a connoisseur’s singer," Michael Oliver wrote in the International Opera Collector in 2000. "Her voice was not large, her compass not wide. She never sang in opera; striking dramatic gesture were not her line. What she excelled in were the singer’s rather than the vocal actress’s virtues: sustained legato line, remarkable breath control, subtle colour, immaculate care for words…. But ‘connoisseur’s singer’ does not mean that only connoisseurs can appreciate her; one becomes a connoisseur by listening to her."

Birth and Death Data: Born October 6, 1880 (Groningen), Died October 13, 1970 (Amsterdam)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1914 - 1924

Roles Represented in DAHR: contralto

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 1-25 of 58 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-14369	10-in.	1/26/1914	Long, long ago	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-14370	12-in.	1/26/1914	Ständchen	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-14371	12-in.	1/26/1914	Träume	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14372	10-in.	1/26/1914	All through the night	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14375	10-in.	1/26/1914	At parting	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-14376	12-in.	1/26/1914	Ave Maria	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14377	10-in.	12/28/1915	Mondnacht	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-14377	12-in.	1/26/1914	Mondnacht	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14378	10-in.	1/26/1914	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14379	10-in.	1/27/1914	Drink to me only with thine eyes	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14380	10-in.	1/27/1914	Wiegenlied	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14381	10-in.	1/27/1914	Auld lang syne	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14382	10-in.	1/27/1914	I've been roaming	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14421	10-in.	2/6/1914	Ave Maria	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-14422	12-in.	2/6/1914	Du bist die Ruh	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14535	10-in.	3/4/1914	Mignonette	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-14536	10-in.	3/4/1914	Heidenröslein	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-15806	12-in.	3/17/1915	Oh rest in the Lord	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-15807	10-in.	3/17/1915	Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with cello obbligato and orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-15808	12-in.	3/17/1915	Printemps qui commence	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-15809	12-in.	3/17/1915	Serenade	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra (variant: with violin and flute)	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-15813	10-in.	3/18/1915	Lullaby	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-15816	10-in.	3/19/1915	Im Abendroth	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	C-15817	12-in.	3/19/1915	Faithfu' Johnie	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto
Victor	B-15818	10-in.	3/19/1915	The cottage maid	Julia Culp	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, contralto

(Results 1-25 of 58 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Culp, Julia," accessed November 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107543.

Culp, Julia. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107543.

"Culp, Julia." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 November 2024.