Eric Cutler in June 2009. He performed the Duke of Mantua in Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto", in a Fenice's production, for a tour in Italy which involved Reggio Emilia and Venice. Cutler's most critically acclaimed performances have all been in Mozart operas. These include Tamino (Metropolitan Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Glyndebourne and Edinburgh Festivals), Belmonte in "The Abduction from the Seraglio" (Boston Lyric Opera, Houston Grand Opera and Teatro Real Madrid) and Don Ottavio in "Don Giovanni" (Wolf Trap Opera Company and Santa Fe Opera). EMI issued Eric Cutler's first solo recording featuring songs of Barber, Schumann, Hahn and Liszt, called
Il Neo the composer). A "Berceuse" from this opera arranged by the composer for voice and piano was published by Bevilacqua in supplement to "Renascença" No. 1, 1904. There are 9 roles: 5 principal (soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 tenors and bariton) and 3 secondary (2 sopranos, mezzo-soprano, tenor and bass), and a mixed chorus (SATB). The orchestra consists of piccoli, flutes, oboes, clarinets (in B), bassoons; trumpets (in F), trombone (in E), bass trombone; percussion; harp and strings. Il Neo Il Neo (La Mouche) is an opera in 1 act, 3 tableaux ("novelletta musicale in 3 piccoli quadri" — musical novelette in 3