![]() ![]() You go into the hotel and the paintings are not just in the performance hall. On the future of the Amargosa Opera House: He helped with the lighting and things and she would bring him up on stage for comic relief. ![]() Later on she started to include another performer, who was not a performer by trade, the maintenance worker at Death Valley Junction – sort of became her co-star. She would craft her own costumes and her own stage sets. She created these ballet performances that lasted an hour or two. She made sure she was performing to somebody, every time. There were times where she scheduled performances and nobody was in the audience. There are also some Native American figures in there to place it in the local region. One of the most incredible things you will ever see, you walk in there and the walls and the ceilings are just covered in these Renaissance figures. And instead of relying on schlepping all over the country, she was going to put on her own shows, the way she wanted to do it and when she wanted to do it. Like a lot of creative people, they want that chance for pure freedom, to chase their creative muse. She decided right there and then she wanted to fix up that stage and start doing performances out in the middle of nowhere. While her car was being fixed, she didn’t have anything else to do and she started wandering around, exploring and she peeped into the former auditorium hall… there was a stage in there, which caught her eye. And low and behold, they got a flat tire – her and her husband – and the closest place happened to be Death Valley Junction. She just happened to be on a national tour and they were camping in Death Valley to save money. She had a very successful career in New York… but as ballerina’s get older, it’s kind of harder for them to get well paying gigs even in their late 30s, early 40s. ![]() On how Becket ended up at the Amargosa Opera House: Dave joins us on KNPR's State of Nevada to talk about Marta. The Opera House was founded by dancer Marta Becket who - we were sad to learn the other day– has died at the age of 92.įreelance writer Dave Clark wrote an article about the opera house early last year for Desert Companion magazine. It’s a strange oasis, at the gateway to Death Valley. The Amargosa Opera House - about 100 miles west of Las Vegas - has been a respite for visitors since 1968. ![]()
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