Eric Cutler has won international acclaim in such theaters as the Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, the Royal Opera House, Opéra national de Paris, Salzburg Festival, Teatro la Fenice, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Canadian Opera Company, Houston Grand Opera, Opera Australia, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Glyndebourne Festival and Santa Fe Opera. Cutler began the current season with his first performances in the title role of Peter Grimes at the Theater an der Wien. He then appeared in the title role of Lohengrin at Staatsoper Hamburg and starred in a part of the new production at the Salzburg Easter Festival under Christian Thieleman. He will sing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Houston Symphony later this season. In Summer of 2022, Cutler returns to the Bayreuth Festival as Erik.
Feb 17, 2026
Eric Cutler will perform on the stage of the Semperoper Dresden in the title role of Wagner’s Parsifal from March 22 until April 6.
Wagner’s final opera was first performed in Bayreuth in 1882 and is focused on redemption, like most of Wagner’s oeuvre. With Daniele Gatti on the podium and a production by Floris Visser, the cast also includes Oleksandr Pushniak, Albert Dohmen, Georg Zeppenfeld, Scott Hendricks and Michèle Losier.
Dec 18, 2025
Eric Cutler starts 2026 at the Staatsoper Berlin, singing the title role of Wagner’s Lohengrin for four performances on January 18 and 25, and February 1 and 7. Conductor Simone Young will be on the podium, and the rest of the cast includes René Pape as Heinrich der Vogler, Elza van den Heever as Elsa of Brabant, Wolfgang Koch as Friedrich of Telramund, Anja Kampe as Ortrud and Arttu Kataja as The King’s Herald.
Aug 30, 2025
Eric Cutler returns this fall to the role of Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walküre at the Staatsoper Berlin. The two performances take place on September 28 and October 7, and bring together a stellar cast which includes Vida Miknevičiūtė as Sieglinde, Mika Kares as Hunding, Michael Volle as Wotan, Anja Kampe as Brünnhilde, Claudia Mahnke as Fricka and Clara Nadeshdin as Gerhilde.
Christian Thielemann will be at the musical helm, and the production will be staged by Dmitri Tcherniakov.
He will also star in Berg’s Wozzeck in Munich’s Isarphilharmonie, for three concert performances on October 2, 3 and 5. With Eric Cutler as the Drum Major, the cast is completed by Christian Gerhaher as Wozzeck, Malin Byström as Marie, Brindley Sherratt as the Doctor, Nicky Spence as the Captain and the Madman, Edgaras Montvidas as Andres and Rinat Shaham as Margret. Sir Simon Rattle conducts.
