He appeared in title roles such as Mozart's Don Giovanni, Marschner's Hans Heiling, Rossini's Barber and Wagner's Holländer.
Born in the Birkholz estate, Prignitz district in Brandenburg,[1][2] Bulß, son of the manor's owner, was discovered by his singing teacher Ferdinand Möhring at the Neuruppin grammar school.
He won the favour of the audience, and the recognition of King Albert of Saxony, who appointed him Royal Kammersänger after only three years of service.
[1] At the Vienna State Opera, he appeared as Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen, Wolfram in Tannhäuser, Luna in Verdi's Il trovatore, and in the title roles of Zar und Zimmermann and Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer.
[1] On a concert tour through Hungary, he died in Temesvar of the consequences of pneumonia, which he had contracted during the journey due to a cold.