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- ↑ History, Charlottesville Opera
- ↑ Blackwell & Causey 2005, "Close Up: Ashlawn Festival", pp. 341–342
- ↑ Ash Lawn's past seasons' programs Archived 2014-05-19 at the Wayback Machine on ashlawnopera.com
- ↑ "Ash Lawn Opera Announces First Year-Round Season" Archived June 5, 2014, at the Wayback Machine on charlottesvillearts.org. Retrieved 8 June 2014
- ↑ Jane Dunlap Norris, "Candide unites Oratorio Society and Ash Lawn Opera for semi-staged Bernstein gem", The Daily Progress (Charlottesville), May 2, 2014
- ↑ Mary Burruss, "Ash Lawn Opera’s Amahl and the Night Visitors builds community" on C-Ville Weekly. Retrieved 8 June 2014
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- Blackwell, Mary Alice; Anne Patterson Causey (2005), Insiders' Guide to Virginia's Blue Ridge, 9th edition. Insiders' Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7627-3460-3.
