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- ↑ Paul Horsley, The Kansas City Star, September 20, 2004
- ↑ Joseph McLellan, Opera, June 27, 2003
- ↑ The Peabody Institute website, http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/2620 Archived 2010-06-05 at the Wayback Machine , 2007
