Librettist Richard Wagner
Date of composition 1840
Premiered 1842, October 20th (Semperoper) in Dresden, Germany
Type Marche
Catalogue WWV 49
Spoken language German
Instruments Chorus/Choir
Orchestra
Voice (Tenor) - Cola Rienzi, Roman Tribune
Voice (Soprano) - Irene, his sister
Voice (Bass) - Steffano Colonna, a nobleman
Voice (Soprano) - Adriano, his son
Voice (Bass) - Paolo Orsini, another patrician
Voice (Bass) - Raimondo, Papal Legate
Voice (Tenor) - Baroncelli, Roman citizen
Voice (Bass) - Cecco del Vecchio, Roman citizen
Voice (Soprano) - The Messenger of Peace
Arrangements Franz Liszt: Phantasiestück über Motive aus Rienzi (Fantasy on themes from Rienzi), S. 439
Links
Autotranslations beta Richard Wagner: Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes), WWV 49
Richard Wagner: Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes), WWV 49
Richard Wagner: Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen (Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes), WWV 49