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Notes
- ↑ Kessler, pp. 44–45.
- ↑ Porter, Andrew. "Musical Events: Proper Bostonian" The New Yorker, 2 June 1973, pp. 102–108. Subscription required. Accessed 27 January 2010.
- ↑ Kessler, p. 250.
- ↑ Kessler, p. 251.
- ↑ The remainder of the season was cancelled due to Sarah Caldwell's hospitalization with severe pneumonia ( Kessler , pp. 158–159).
Sources
- Kessler, Daniel (2008). Sarah Caldwell; The First Woman of Opera. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-6110-0.
