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- ↑ The Bronx Opera Company, New York Opera Alliance
- ↑ "Bronx Opera marries Figaro to English lyrics" by Nick Cavell, The Riverdale Press , April 30, 2015
- ↑ "Orchestra of The Bronx". Archived from the original on 2016-06-05. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
- ↑ Cinderella (2016) program
- ↑ "Opera: Bronx Company" (review of Abu Hassan and The Fair at Sorochinsk) by John Rockwell, The New York Times , January 18, 1981; "Blatt" is Josef Blatt (1906, Vienna – 1999, Green Valley, Arizona) Blatt's obituary, The University Record (University of Michigan), March 15, 1999
- ↑ "Playing Composer, of Course, to Impress – Bronx Opera Company's The Rivals at the Lovinger Theater" by Steve Smith, The New York Times , January 12, 2014
- ↑ The Impresario on YouTube
