Eric Cutler, tenor

Duke of Mantua in Verdi's Rigoletto

Previous Engagements at HGO:

  • Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute (2008)
  • Belmonte in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2002)

Recent Engagements:

  • Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale with Royal Opera, Covent Garden
  • Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte under Claudio Abbado at Edinburgh Festival
  • Mozart’s Mass in c minor at the Proms under Sir Charles Mackerras
  • Iopas in Berlioz’s Les Troyens with Paris Opera
  • Arturo in Bellini’s Puritani and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with the Metropolitan Opera
  • Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte with Lyric Opera of Chicago under Sir Andrew
  • Andres in Berg’s Wozzeck
  • Gounod’s Romeo and Nadir in Bizet’s Les Pecheurs de Perles with Opera Australia
  • Belmonte in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail with the Teatro Real, Madrid
  • Leicester in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda with the Vlaamse Opera
  • Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Boston Lyric Opera
  • Lysander in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Alfredo in Verdi’s Traviata with Pittsburgh Opera

Awards/Accolades/Recordings:

  • Winner of the 2005 Richard Tucker Award
  • A 1999 winner of the Houston Grand Opera Studio's Eleanor McCallum Auditions
  • Winner of the 2001 Martin E. Segal Award from Lincoln Center
  • Winner of a 2002 ARIA award
  • Winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 1998
  • EMI issued Eric Cutler’s first solo recording in September 2003, a program with pianist
  • Bradley Moore featuring music of Barber, Schumann, Hahn and Liszt. This disc was awarded the Record of the Month distinction from Opera News.

Did You Know?

  • Mr. Cutler is a native of Adel, Iowa and a graduate of Luther College
  • He is an alumnus of the Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program