He participated in every show in high school starting in his sophomore year, beginning by working on the set of “What I Did Last Summer.” He started in sound work there, then acted in his first show, ‘Fairy Tale Court Room – Trial of the Wicked Witch,’ and did the sound and lights for it. This season’s performances will include “Faust,” “La Boheme,” “Griselda,” “The Last Savage,” and “Wozzeck.”īecker decided to become a theatre major while he was in high school, he said, but his interest in theater started back in 8th grade at St. Since its inception, the Santa Fe Opera has staged over forty American and eleven international premieres, and has commissioned nine new operas. SFO is internationally known for introducing new operas as well as for its productions of the standard operatic repertoire. Located seven miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Santa Fe Opera has been in business since 1956. I didn’t think I was going to get Santa Fe Opera until the last minute when I got a text saying ‘Check your email.’ It was Santa Fe.

“There were two main places I wanted to apply, the other being the Theater of West Virginia. “I got the internship by going to the Southeastern Theater Conference (SETC) in Atlanta, Georgia, in early March to interview,” Becker said.

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