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- ↑ L'Orfeo Barockorchester on Carus
- ↑ Opernproduktionen
- ↑ "Erfolg für Haydn'sche Rarität". Oberösterreichisches Volksblatt (in German). 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2019-12-05. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
- ↑ L'Orfeo Barockorchester
- ↑ "Phönix Edition - L'Orfeo Barockorchester und Michi Gaigg". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ↑ Internationale Pressestimmen zu den CD-Einspielungen auf der Website des Orchesters
