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- ↑ OperaBase lists the debut already in September 2012, the only criticism that can be found refers to the performance series from autumn 2013, which seems to be verified.
- ↑ Maurice Saales: En quête d'identité, in ForumOpera.com, 24 September 2013
- ↑ Daniel Ender: Harnoncourt zwingt Wien zum Zuhören, Der Standard , 7 March 2014
- ↑ "Mitglieder des Ensembles". Staatsoper Hamburg. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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