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- ↑ Sukces „Quo Vadis” w Berlinie - rok Feliksa Nowowiejskiego i Henryka Sienkiewicza
- ↑ Klassische Konzerte BERLIN - BRESLAU: Oratorium QUO VADIS von Felix Nowowiejski "In den Zwanziger und Dreißiger Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts erfreute sich QUO VADIS einer sehr großen Popularität. Das Werk wurde in den berühmtesten Konzerthäusern in Europa, Nord- und Südamerika mehr als 200 mal gespielt, bevor es in der Zeit danach beinahe in Vergessenheit geraten wäre."
- ↑ Nowowiejskis Oratorium "Quo Vadis" So klingt es, wenn Rom brennt - Aufzeichnung aus Poznań
- ↑ Review - no libretto