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- ↑ Madama Butterfly, Teatro Colón – performance details
- 1 2 Kutsch, Karl-Josef and Riemens, Leo (eds.) (2004). "Garrone, Nelda", Großes Sängerlexikon , Vol 4. p. 1652. Walter de Gruyter (in German)
- ↑ Le otto stagioni di Toscanini alla Scala, 1921–1929