Born in Tokyo to German parents, Julia grew up in Milan, Prague, Munich, Bonn, London and Hong Kong. Her interest in performance and directing developed early, inspired by an actress, chanson-singer mother and an operatic baritone grandfather.
"Burbach, a name to watch."
Opera Magazine
Opera like many other art forms, is about storytelling: film is, theatre is. What makes opera very different and special is that you dissect the narrative strand into three different categories: the music, the text, and the body. What's amazing is the psychological dance between the three...
– Boardwaybaby
Impressions
of Julia at work
The text does not tell you everything and that places meaning between the lines, so I direct the silence, and it's in the silence where the music takes over...
– Operawire
She wants to avoid the concept that opera is a strange creature that can only be enjoyed and understood after being educated in it. That is being over complicated, for Julia opera is all about storytelling.
– planethugill.com
AWARDS &
Nominations
BEST OPERA PRODUCTION
(OFF WEST END THEATRE AWARDS)
2019
DIE WALKÜRE
Grimeborn Festival 2019
at Hackney Empire
“I believe that our main focus as directors should be to enable, enhance and explore the qualities of what it is to be human, and to communicate this to our audience.”
– Opera Now
MANAGEMENT
Message Julia's Management here:
General Management
TACT International Management
Artist Manager
Marcin Kocep
+44 - 79 81 91 88 14