Absolutely. Santa Fe has a reputation for new opera, and cutting edge productions of traditional operas. I've never been there, but I hear the outdoor opera house is just amazing. Plus they have an amazingly innovative marketing team which has been the envy of opera companies for years. They were the first opera company in the US to offer supertitles in Spanish (along with other premiums) to penetrate the large Latino market in their area...and it worked.
Ooops. My apologies, Milo. I forgot you would be able to confirm the prominence of the Santa Fe Opera, too. Meryl came first to mind, and I didn't stop to think further. Mea culpa.
They probably still do. ...