TYLER BACKER
I'm an Audio Engineer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Web Designer, and Content Creator based in North Jersey.
Emmy Award Winner:
Outstanding Special Class
Classical Music / Dance Programs (2008)
On a Minimal Set, Maximizing Puccini
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Sorrow has a more fully choreographed role than usual in this production. Tyler Christopher Backer’s winning performance proved that a real, vibrant child is always preferable to a puppet, even one as expertly manipulated as that in Anthony Minghella’s beautiful production at the Metropolitan Opera. Because of the boy’s vital role as an inquisitive, romping little character instead of the merely symbolic pawn (either wooden or human) he often is, Cio-Cio-San’s love for her son felt particularly real, and the terrible loss facing them both all the more devastating.
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V. Schweitzer for the New York Times (2008)
Capote vs. Brando: Kids Are Alright
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So for this installment of Icon Redux, we went younger. Much younger. Makes sense, if you think about it; there’s something indisputably childlike about Brando’s ramblings. We made some phone calls, sifted through some résumés, and dug up two kids well on their way to stardom who, thankfully, had no clue who Marlon Brando and Truman Capote were. They had seen nothing, knew nothing, had nothing in their own minds to live up to. Their innocence was refreshing. And their credentials were amazing.
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At six years old, Tyler Christopher Backer showed up at the NYCastings office fresh off a glowing review in the New York Times for his role in New York City Opera’s Madama Butterfly.
Blackbook (2008)