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- ↑ "Animal Farm". Dutch National Opera . Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ↑ canderson (31 March 2022). "Alexander Raskatov is writing an opera based on George Orwell's Animal Farm, co-commissioned by Vienna State Opera, Dutch National Opera (the world premiere is scheduled for Amsterdam on March 4 next year) & Teatro Massimo di Palermo". Colin's Column. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ↑ "Animal Farm". Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra . Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ↑ "Dutch National Opera, Wiener Staatsoper & Teatro Massimo to Collaborate on Animal Farm". OperaWire. 29 March 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ↑ "Animal Farm". Vienna State Opera . Retrieved 17 January 2024.
