Rienzi
Sign in to save'''''''' (Rienzi, the last of the tribunes''; WWV 49) is an 1842 opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel of the same name (1835). The title is commonly shortened to Rienzi . Written between July 1838 and November 1840, it was first performed at the Königliches Hoftheater Dresden, on 20 October 1842, and was the composer's first success.
Key facts
- Opera.name
- Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen
- Opera.genre
- Opera
- Opera.image
- Illustration of the last scene of Act3 of 'Rienzi' by Wagner at the Théâtre Lyrique 1869 - Bauer 1983p31.jpg
- Opera.image_upright
- 1.2
- Opera.caption
- Last scene of act 3 of Rienzi at the Théâtre Lyrique, 1869
- Opera.composer
- Richard Wagner
- Opera.librettist
- Richard Wagner
- Opera.based_on
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel Rienzi
- Opera.language
- German
- Opera.premiere_location
- Königliches Hoftheater Dresden
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Wikidata facts
- Genre
- opera
- Screenwriter
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Composer
- Richard Wagner
- Librettist
- Richard Wagner
- Lyrics by
- Richard Wagner
- Image
- Illustration of the last scene of Act3 of 'Rienzi' by Wagner at the Théâtre Lyrique 1869 - Bauer 1983p31.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rienzi
- date of first performance
- 1842-10-20
- language of work or name
- German
- inception
- 1837-00-00
- number of parts of this work
- 5
- location of first performance
- Semperoper
- publication date
- 1850-00-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen
- catalog code
- 48
- form of creative work
- opera
- different from
- Rienzi
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