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- 1 2 3 4 Christiane Lutz: The debutant In the Süddeutsche Zeitung , 24 July 2015.
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- ↑ Tansel Akzeybek on OperaOnline
- ↑ Tansel Akzeybek on Forum Opéra
- ↑ 'Harry Potter' ilk kez operaya uyarlandı In radikal.com.tr, 15 May 2015. (Turkish)
- ↑ Rebecca Schmid: Tansel Akzeybek eröffnet die Bayreuther Festspiele In the Berliner Morgenpost , 12 July 2015.
- ↑ Tansel Akzeybek on Operabase
