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Rienzi

liberator of Rome from warring Colonna and Orsini families. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Rienzi, Westerman, 203]
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Rienzi

pardons his would-be murderer. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Rienzi, Westerman, 203]
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