Richard Wagner's Rienzi

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel 'Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes'
gptkbp:commissionedBy gptkb:Dresden_Court_Theatre
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:duration approximately 4-5 hours (uncut)
gptkbp:firstPerformed gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:fullTitle gptkb:Rienzi,_der_Letzte_der_Tribunen
gptkbp:genre grand opera
gptkbp:historicalSignificance gptkb:Cola_di_Rienzi
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
1842
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Cola_di_Rienzi
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Gerechter_Gott
gptkb:Allmächt'ger_Vater
gptkbp:notableChorus gptkb:Rienzi's_Prayer
gptkbp:notableFor Wagner's first successful opera
admired by Adolf Hitler
rarely performed in full today
gptkbp:notableProduction Bayreuth Festival (rarely performed)
gptkbp:notableRecording Heinrich Hollreiser (EMI, 1959)
Edward Downes (BBC, 1976)
Wolfgang Sawallisch (EMI, 1976)
gptkbp:notableRole gptkb:Paolo_Orsini
gptkb:Steffano_Colonna
gptkb:Rienzi
gptkb:Adriano
gptkb:Irene
gptkbp:numberOfActs 5
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra, chorus, soloists
gptkbp:premiereDate 1842-10-20
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Dresden
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:C._F._Meser
gptkbp:scorePublished 1844
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:WagnerianStage early
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sächsische_Staatsoper_Dresden
gptkb:Sächsische_Staatsoper
gptkb:Staatsoper_Dresden
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7