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Rienzi is an early opera by Richard Wagner in five acts, with the libretto written by the composer after Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel of the same name. Written between July 1838 and November 1840, it ...

If there were ever a moment for a new opera company to make a big splash, it’s opening night. And so Odyssey Opera, one of the newest additions to the unstable yet inventive ecosphere that is Boston’s ...

Odyssey Opera artistic director Gil Rose, left, and tenor Kristian Benedikt rehearse "Rienzi." (Odyssey Opera, via Facebook) BOSTON — A new opera company debuts in Boston this Sunday with a single ...

Rienzi: der Letzte der Tribunen (the last of the Tribunes) is early Wagner, and composed for the Dresden Court Theatre in 1842. It has taken 171 years for this sprawling, lumpish curiosity piece to ...

One of his most popular works during the composer's lifetime, Wagner's early opera "Rienzi" still has the power to ignite strong feelings today. The epic-length account of a 14th-century tribune who ...

A survey at Oper Leipzig provides an opportunity to reassess the youthful efforts that have been excluded from the composer’s canon. By Joshua Barone LEIPZIG, Germany — How quickly Richard Wagner ...

BERLINBERLIN — Wagner’s early opera “Rienzi” has a history of arousing strong emotions. The composer himself came to despise it and banned it from performance at his Bayreuth shrine. But it was the ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Bremen’s theatre was full to bursting on Saturday. It was the ultimate media coup: Katharina Wagner stages Rienzi, ...

The performance of Wagner's Rienzi at the Salzburg Festival shows why the opera is so rarely staged, says Rupert Christiansen. Far from ideal: Emily Magee, Sophie Koch and Philippe Jordan performing ...

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