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- ↑ "The Marriage of Figaro | Santa Fe Opera". www.santafeopera.org. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ↑ "BiblioTech PRO V3.2b". archives.metoperafamily.org. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
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- ↑ "Character Study". www.operanews.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ↑ "San Francisco Opera Performance Archive". Archive.sfopera.com. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ↑ http://archive.sfopera.com/reports/rptOpera-id190.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
- ↑ "2005/06 Die Fledermaus Program – Explore the 2005/06 Die Fledermaus Program!" . Retrieved October 25, 2021.
- ↑ "Patrick Carfizzi | Lyric Opera of Chicago". www.lyricopera.org. Retrieved October 25, 2021.
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