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- ↑ Years of birth and death in the German National Library accessed 27 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 Obituary for Freda Betti in Opera , Vol 31, p299, 1980. accessed 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Listing of 1955 radio recording of The Snow Maiden conducted by Charles Bruck at the Operadiscography site accessed 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Listing of 1957 studio recording of Démophon by Johann-Christoph Vogel conducted by Georges Tzipine accessed 27 December 2014
- ↑ Listing of 1960 studio recording of Tosca conducted by Manuel Rosenthal at the Operadiscography site accessed 27 December 2014.
- ↑ L'encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France (1918-1944), Delannoy's Philippine accessed 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Freda Betti page at the Association de l'Art Lyrique Français website accessed 13 July 2015.
- ↑ L'Avant-Scène Opéra, La Périchole - No 66, August 1984, p114.
- ↑ List of performances, operaclass.com
