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| March 01, 2000 | HASTINGS, STEPHEN | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The Teatro Carlo Felice boldly opened its season with two Britten operas: Death in Venice and The Rape of Lucretia. The former had not been seen in Italy since 1973. It was given an ambitious production by director-designer Pier Luigi Pizzi -- so ambitious, in fact, that the computerized stage machinery broke down on the day of the dress rehearsal, causing a postponement of the opening performance (scheduled for Nov. 20). On November 24, however, everything ran smoothly, and one could not fail to be impressed by the elegance and refinement of Pizzi's conception, which updated the action to 1940, presenting Aschenbach's journey as a dream sequence in which even the brightest …

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