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- ↑ "Proving Up | Upcoming Events | Miller Theatre at Columbia University". Miller Theatre at Columbia University. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ↑ "Talise Trevigne". 14 May 2017.
- ↑ Gay, Wayne Lee (25 April 2016). "Hallucination, Assassination and Orchestration: JFK the Opera Comes to Fort Worth".
- ↑ "It's a Wonderful Life : Houston Grand Opera : Houston Grand Opera". www.houstongrandopera.org.
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