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World Service,22 Nov 2000,27 mins

Up in Flames

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In 1996 Venice's opera house La Fenice was destroyed by fire. Author Michael Dibdin channels his fictional character, Venetian detective Aurelio Zen, to unravel the past, the present and future of La Fenice, Venice's Opera House.

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