Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes
Grand Tragic Opera in Five Acts
Cola Rienzi – Peter Bronder · Irene – Christiane Libor
Steffano Colonna – Falk Struckmann
Adriano – Claudia Mahnke · Paolo Orsini – Daniel Schmutzhard
Kardinal Orvieto – Alfred Reiter · Baroncelli – Beau Gibson
Cecco del Vecchio – Peter Felix Bauer
Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra
Choir of the Frankfurt Opera
Sebastian Weigle, conductor
Matthias Köhler, choir
Creating excitement is the aim of this effective music
with its trombone attacks, bell tolls and horrors, with
sentimental cantilenas, sweet love duets and the famous
overture: there was never the least doubt that
Sebastian Weigle with the Frankfurt ensemble would
success in bringing these off. With Rienzi, Oehms-
Classics now presents the last of the three operas attributed
to the youthful years of Richard Wagner.