Richard Wagner's 'Rienzi'

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Richard_Wagner's_'Rienzi'

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn	Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel 'Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes'
gptkbp:composer	gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:compositionPeriod	1837-1840
gptkbp:dedicatedTo	gptkb:King_Frederick_Augustus_II_of_Saxony
gptkbp:duration	approximately 4-5 hours (uncut)
gptkbp:firstSuccessFor	gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:fullTitle	gptkb:Rienzi,_der_Letzte_der_Tribunen
gptkbp:genre	grand opera
gptkbp:historicalPeriod	14th century
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Richard Wagner's 'Rienzi'
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:French_grand_opera
gptkbp:language	gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist	gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Cola_di_Rienzi
gptkbp:notableAria	gptkb:Gerechter_Gott gptkb:Rienzi's_Prayer gptkb:Allmächt'ger_Vater
gptkbp:notableChorus	gptkb:Rienzi's_Prayer_(chorus_version)
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Overture gptkb:Triumphal_March gptkb:Rienzi's_Prayer Finale
gptkbp:notableProduction	gptkb:Deutsche_Oper_Berlin,_2010 gptkb:Dresden_Semperoper,_1842
gptkbp:notableRecording	Heinrich Hollreiser (EMI, 1959) Rudolf Kempe (EMI, 1974) Wolfgang Sawallisch (Orfeo, 1983)
gptkbp:notableRole	gptkb:Adriano_(mezzo-soprano) gptkb:Baroncelli_(tenor) gptkb:Cardinal_Raimondo_(bass) gptkb:Cecco_del_Vecchio_(bass) gptkb:Irene_(soprano) gptkb:Paolo_Orsini_(baritone) gptkb:Rienzi_(tenor) gptkb:Steffano_Colonna_(bass)
gptkbp:numberOfActs	5
gptkbp:premiereDate	20 October 1842
gptkbp:premiereLocation	gptkb:Dresden
gptkbp:publisher	gptkb:C._F._Meser
gptkbp:setting	gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:subject	betrayal idealism revolutionary tragedy political power
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Königliches_Opernhaus,_Dresden gptkb:Saxon_State_Opera
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6