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- ↑ Kutsch, K.-J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Jerusalem, Siegfried". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
- ↑ Brochure notes accompanying Die Walküre , Lukaskirche Dresden, recording 1981, conducted by Marek Janowski (Ariola-Eurodisc, Haarlem, with VEB Deutsche Schallplatten, Berlin, 1982: set 29 560 0).
- ↑ This paragraph mainly after Die Walküre Eurodisc 1982 brochure notes as previously cited, and BBC Radio Times notes for Lohengrin broadcast 1983.
