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- ↑ Rowman & Littlefield website. "Operas in German: A Dictionary, Volumes 1 and 2, Revised Edition". Accessed 19 August 2018.
- ↑ Rowman & Littlefield website. "Operas in English: A Dictionary, 2 Volumes, Revised Edition". Accessed 19 August 2018.
- ↑ Stanford Libraries website. "Operas in English: a dictionary". Accessed 19 August 2018.
