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celebration; Arnoldo is one of them. Corrado unexpectedly frees them, and afterwards
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while Aldona tries to separate them. Corrado orders the knights to sheath their swords, and Albano tries to convince
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In a large hall of the castle where the celebration is being held, Corrado invites everyone to dance and sing. Arnoldo and Aldona, disguised as bards, sing about the sad fate of
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679:as Walter/Corrado Wallenrod,
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160:Composer Amilcare Ponchielli
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698:have been available on
81:Teatro all Scala, Milan
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360:Antonietta Frietsche
326:Francesco Pandolfini
993:Amilcare Ponchielli
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177:Cremona
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