Rienzi (opera by Richard Wagner)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rienzi_(opera_by_Richard_Wagner)
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:opera
gptkbp:basedOn Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel 'Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes'
life of Cola di Rienzi
gptkbp:composer gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:compositionPeriod 1838–1840
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:King_Frederick_Augustus_II_of_Saxony
gptkbp:duration approximately 4 hours (uncut)
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Der_fliegende_Holländer
gptkbp:genre grand opera
influenced by French grand opera
gptkbp:historicalName Wagner's early career
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rienzi (opera by Richard Wagner)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Meyerbeer
gptkb:French_grand_opera
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:librettist gptkb:Richard_Wagner
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Paolo_Orsini
gptkb:Steffano_Colonna
gptkb:Adriano
gptkb:Irene
gptkb:Cola_di_Rienzi
gptkbp:notableAria gptkb:Allmächt'ger_Vater
gptkbp:notableFor Wagner's first successful opera
admired by Adolf Hitler
rarely performed in full today
gptkbp:notableProduction gptkb:Bayreuth_Festival_(1939)
gptkb:Deutsche_Oper_Berlin_(2010)
gptkb:Royal_Opera_House,_London_(1977)
gptkbp:notableRecording conducted by Edward Downes (1976)
conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser (1969)
conducted by Sebastian Weigle (2010)
conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (1974)
gptkbp:numberOfActs 5
gptkbp:orchestration large orchestra with chorus
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Das_Liebesverbot
gptkbp:premiereDate 20 October 1842
gptkbp:premiereLocation gptkb:Dresden
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:C._F._Meser
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:WagnerWorkNumber gptkb:WWV_49
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cola_di_Rienzi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6