Amargosa Opera House

Name:	Amargosa Opera House
Category:	Cultural
Archive ID#:	CA3311
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Description:	Located in a remote stretch of desert, near the Nevada/California state line, the Amargosa Opera House, once an abandoned community center, offers weekly performances of classical ballet, theater, and pantomine. All the performances are written and executed by Marta Becket, a classically trained ballerina from New York, who came to this place to have a flat tire repaired in 1968, and essentially never left. Over the years she has performed in the space, with or without an audience, and has decorated the opera house with painted murals, portraying an audience of 16th century Spanish royalty, clerics, gypsies and revelers.
Location:	195 miles NE of Los Angeles, 75 miles W of Las Vegas (POINT(-116.41443192959 36.302130636601)) (show on map)
Address:	CA
Visitor Info:	From Interstate 15 at Baker take Route 127 north 83 miles towards Death Valley Junction.
Links:	http://www.amargosaoperahouse.com/
LCS:	Architectural Landmark, Cultural
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