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Do you have what seems like an impossible dream? Maybe it\\u2019s to complete a marathon, swim with dolphins or win the lotto. Or, maybe, it\\u2019s to bring the world\\u2019s first public opera theatre back to life? Well the latter is the "impossible dream" of Dr Paul Atkin, a business man and musicologist from the UK. 200 years after Teatro San Cassiano was demolished \\u2013 apparently on the orders of Napoleon \\u2013 Paul is attempting to recreate this lost opera house, so that the Baroque opera he loves can be performed in the very theatre it would have been composed for. In a tale that\\u2019s as dramatic as any opera or World Cup final, join Ella-mai Robey for an episode of In the Studio, which reveals - before even a brick is laid \\u2013 what it takes to try and turn an impossible dream into reality.