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- ↑ New Grove Dictionary of Opera
- ↑ The Gramophone - Volume 75, Issues 893–896 1997 - Page 115 Das Himmelskleid (The Garment of Heaven) - Angelina Ruzzafante / Sibrand Basa | Reinhard Leisenheimer / Hagen Opera / Gerhard Markson Marco Polo 8.223261-63 WLLI-I-I-IIR-II Wolf-Ferrari, remembered more often for operas like Susanna's Secret, set great store by Das Himmelskleid, the story of a fairy-tale Princess. She rejects suitor after suitor, and sends the most eligible of all on a quest for the garment of Heaven.
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