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Madrid Opera House Show Promises Melodramatic Coal Era
In summer 1984 the Madrid Opera House stages three melodramas in repertory inside an abandoned locomotive repair shed beside a deserted coal mine. A steam locomotive sits behind a removable wall as audiences hiss cheer and even hurled marshmallows at the action, keeping alive the mines tale despite the industry’s decline.
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