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- ↑ Enrique Franco, Una nueva estrella lírica (Review of Rizzo Marin's debut recital at the Festival Santander, 2004), El País , 23 August 2004
- ↑ Filinii, Elena (29 December 2012). "Roberto Scandiuzzi, la nobiltà del basso!. Il Corriere Musicale. Retrieved 30 March 2016 (in Italian).
- ↑ El sello RTVE-Música edita el CD "Festival Internacional de Santander. Volumen 8", RTVE, 1 February 2006
- ↑ Programme notes Archived 10 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , Festival de Úbeda, 2 June 2007
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- Cosme Marina, Postales románticas (Review of La sonnambula, Festival Internacional de Santander, 2007), ABC , 9 August 2007.
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