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- ↑ Jessye Norman AllMusic
- ↑ "Les Troyens" (18 February 1984), Met Opera on Demand; "CID: 275490", Met Opera Archive.
- ↑ Les Troyens (October 8, 1983), Met Opera on Demand.
- ↑ Dialogues des Carmélites (April 4, 1987), Met Opera on Demand.
- ↑ Ariadne auf Naxos (March 12, 1988), Met Opera on Demand.
- ↑ Die Walküre (April 8, 1989), Met Opera on Demand.