Libretto
Richard Wagner
Premiere
20 October 1842, Dresden (Royal Saxon Court Theatre)
Cast
COLA RIENZI (tenor)
IRENE (soprano)
STEFANO COLONNA (bass)
ADRIANO (mezzo-soprano)
PAOLO ORSINI (bass)
RAIMONDO (bass)
BARONCELLI (tenor)
CECCO DEL VECCHIO (bass)
MESSENGER OF PEACE (soprano)
HERALD (tenor)
AMBASSADOR OF MILAN (bass)
AMBASSADORS OF THE LOMBARD CITIES (tenor and bass)
AMBASSADOR OF NAPLES (tenor)
AMBASSADORS OF BOHEMIA AND BAVARIA (bass)
CHORUS
Roman nobles and guardsmen, followers of the Colonna and Orsini families, priests and monks of all religious orders, senators, Roman men and women, messengers of peace
Place
Time
Middle of the 14th century