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- ↑ Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera, details at Boosey & Hawkes
- ↑ Bard College press release, "Opera Triple Bill to be Presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music's Vocal Arts Program", 27 January 2010
- ↑ Hutton, Ann, "On safari for birdsong", Ulster Publishing, Inc., 25 February 2010
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