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- ↑ "Nevill Holt Opera website". Nevillholtopera.net. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ "Second Movement". Secondmovement.org.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ Review by Anthony Burton. Bohuslav Martinů Newsletter, Bohuslav Martinů Institute, Vol. VII No.3, 2007, p6.
- 1 2 "Nevill Holt Opera website". Nevillholtopera.net. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
- ↑ "Northern Ireland Opera: the award-winning national opera company". Niopera.com. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
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