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- ↑ Valerie Cruice, "Opera and Orchestra in Merger Con Brio", The New York Times, 20 September 1992 Retrieved 29 January 2012
- ↑ "Forty-five minutes to Broadway. . ." on OperaOnline.us Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 29 January 2012
- ↑ Performances at the Leith Theatre, including those of the Edinburgh International Festival on friendsofleiththeatre.wordpress.com. Retrieved 29 January 2012
- ↑ https://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/061/362/2012-061362686-08805957-9.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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