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- ↑ Dammann, Guy, "How do you write an opera? Aldebergh has the answer", The Guardian (November 6, 2009)
- ↑ Druckenbrod, Andrew (June 03, 2008). "An inconvenient opera? Gore goes operatic." Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
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