Rienzi
Richard Wagner
Rienzi, der letzte der Tribunen
Grand Tragic Opera in Five Acts by Richard Wagner after the novel Cola di Rienzi by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Wagner’s Rienzi, his first successful stage work, was inspired by the legendary fourteenth-century Roman Tribune Cola di Rienzo, who gained power through a revolt against the entrenched nobility. The opera traces the protagonist’s predictable journey from liberator to absolutism and to despotism and downfall.
“ Odyssey is off to an auspicious start.”
–The Boston Globe
Cast and Creative
Gil RoseConductor
Kristian BenediktRienzi
Elisabete MatosIrene
Margaret Jane WrayAdriano Colonna
Kristopher IrmiterKardinal Orvieto
David KravitzPaolo Orsini
Stephen SaltersSteffano Colonna
Ethan BremnerBaroncelli
Robert HoneysuckerCecco del Vecchio
Christina EnglishMessenger of Peace
Frank KelleyGaston, a dancer
Lorelei Ensemble
Beth Willer, Artistic Director
Beth Willer, Artistic Director
PRODUCTION STAFF
Harris Ipock … Chorusmaster
Karin Hartmann Ludlow … Production Stage Manager
Veronica Haakonsen … Assistant Stage Manager
Carola Emrich-Fisher … German diction coach
Cori Ellison … Supertitle translator
Dan McGaha … Supertitle operator
