Rienzi

der letzte der Tribunen

• Composer: Richard Wagner
• Libretto by the composer
• Source: Rienzi, Last of the Roman Tribunes, novel by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1835); and Rienzi, drama by Mary Russell Mitford (1828)
• First performance: Hofoper, Dresden, 20 October 1842
• Performance History
• Libretto:
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  • Kareol [deutsch / español]
• Synopsis
• Discography (Kareol)

Dramatis Personæ

Cola Rienzi, päpstlicher Notar [the Pope's Notary] (Tenor)

Irene, seine Schwester [his sister] (Sopran)

Stefano Colonna, Haupt der Familie Colonna [head of the House of Colonna] (Bass)

Adriano, sein Sohn [his son] (Mezzosopran)

Paolo Orsini, Haupt der Familie Orsini [head of the House of Orsini] (Bass)

Raimondo, päpstlicher Legat [Papal Legate] (Bass)

Baroncelli, römische Bürger [a Roman burgher] (Tenor)

Cecco del Vecchio, römische Bürger [a Roman burgher] (Bass)

Ein Friedensbote [a messenger of peace] (Sopran)

Ein Herold [a herald] (Tenor)

Gesandte der lombardischen Städte, Neapels, Baierns, Böhmens, usw. Römische Nobili, Bürger und Bürgerinnen Roms. Friedensboten, Priester und Mönche aller Orden. Römische Trabanten. [Ambassadors of cities of Lombardy, Naples, Bavaria, Bohemia, etc., Roman nobles and townspeople. Messengers of peace, priests and monks of all orders. Roman gentlemen-at-arms.]

Setting: Rome, in the middle of the 14th century.