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- 1 2 History of the National Council Auditions
- ↑ "Singers Win Chance At Opera In Contest; Connecticut Girl and Englishman Chosen for Metropolitan in Radio Auditions" (PDF). The New York Times . March 30, 1936.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Victoria Etnier Villamil (2004). From Johnson's Kids to Lemonade Opera: The American Classical Singer Comes of Age. Northeastern University Press. p. 47. ISBN 9781555536350.
- ↑ Smith (March 26, 1941). Radio Review: METROPOLITAN AUDITIONS OF THE AIR. p. 32.
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