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- ↑ "Opéra Magazine, April 2007 (French)". Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2007-09-27.
- ↑ World Concert Artist Directory Archived 2008-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Seattle Opera, ibid.
- ↑ Le Figaro, March 6, 2007 (French)
- ↑ Whitson, James (June 2009). "Seattle's New Flame". The Opera News.
- ↑ Alex Ross, The New Yorker, March 31, 2008
- ↑ Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times, March 27, 2008
