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- ↑ "International Choral Kathaumixw". Kathaumixw.org. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
- ↑ War trauma in the wings at City Opera Vancouver. Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail, 19 November 2011
- ↑ "Premiär för en ny körfestival i Örebro" (PDF). www.swicco.se (in Swedish). 26–27 October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ↑ "Classical Music Listings for Nov. 11-17". The New York Times. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ↑ Vancouver Sun (11 March 2008). "Atwood pens opera piece about Vancouver first nations writer-performer" Archived 10 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ↑ CBC News (23 May 2014). "Margaret Atwood's opera debut Pauline opens in Vancouver". Retrieved 1 July 2014.
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