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A Mezzo Who Fills 100 Roles  |  Marilyn Tucker, San Francisco Chronicle  |   February 9, 1972

Blackett, Joy and Christmas  |  The Virgil Thomson Papers in the Irving S. Gilmore  |  1984

The Lively Arts  |  Alan Rich, New York Magazine  |  December 16, 1974

The ‘Rain King’ Reigns Again  |  Hubert Saal, Newsweek  |  April 25, 1977

Why I’m Writing About ‘Lily’ Again  |  Leighton Kerner, The Village Voice  |  May 2, 1977  

From the desk of Anthony D. Coggi  Savitri (Holst) and Signor Deluso (Pasatieri)
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A Recital Debut  |  Raymond Ericson  New York Times  |  November 10, 1971

Extremely ‘Praise’-Worthy  |  Bill Zakariasen, New York Live, N.Y. Daily News  |   October 28, 1986

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Mind the Onion Seed: Black “Roots” Bermuda  |  Nellie Eileen Musson

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