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References
Notes
- ↑ Moratto, p. 31; Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Telemaco, 30 January 1765" . L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
Sources
- Hayes, Jeremy: "Telemaco" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera , ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
- Moratto, Lucia: Fra tradizione e riforma: il Telemaco di Coltellini e Gluck, pp. 30-39, rodoni.ch, (in Italian)
