21 Mar 2010
How a Coloratura Soprano Saved the Met
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/how-coloratura-soprano-marlis-petersen-saved-the-metropolitan-opera/19407349
https://boydellandbrewer.com/bizet-s-i-carmen-i-uncovered.html
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https://h-france.net/vol18reviews/vol18no52palidda.pdf
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A musical challenge to our view of the past
https://vimeo.com/operarara/how-to-rescue-an-opera
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/how-coloratura-soprano-marlis-petersen-saved-the-metropolitan-opera/19407349
Dana Chivvis [AOL News, 20 March 2010]
Two weeks ago, the Metropolitan Opera in New York found itself in a predicament. Ten days before the opening night of “Hamlet,” a French opera that had not been performed there for 103 years, the production had no soprano. Natalie Dessay, who was scheduled to perform, had fallen sick and had to cancel.