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References
- Zeitlin, Judith T. (2010). "Operatic Ghosts on Screen: The Case of A Test of Love (1958)". The Opera Quarterly . 26 (2–3): 220–255. doi:10.1093/oq/kbq030 – via Project Muse.
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