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DESCRIPTION:Jul 26 - Aug 26\, 2026\nThough he later dismissed it as an “i
 ndiscretion\,” the retro historic fresco Rienzi\, Last of the Tribunes w
 as Richard Wagner’s third opera and his first hit. Adapted from a sensat
 ional Victorian potboiler by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (originator of Snoopy’
 s immortal refrain\, “It was a dark and stormy night”)\, Rienzi is set
  in 14th-century Rome\, where the idealistic tribune of the people reaches
  out to the predatory nobles only to meet with treachery\, which he refuse
 s to quash before it’s too late. As you’ll know if you’ve ever heard
  Rienzi’s grandiloquent overture in concert or the hero’s prayer “Al
 lmächt’ger Vater” (a favorite party piece for heldentenors since the 
 dawn of recorded sound)\, the score has big thrills. Unhelpfully for its p
 rospects in our time\, Rienzi is also said to have been the favorite opera
  of Adolf Hitler\, who owned the manuscript and had it with him when the S
 oviets bombed the Führerbunker. This year\, Wagner’s great-granddaughte
 r Katharina\, who is big on reckoning with skeletons in the Wagners’ clo
 sets\, violates Richard’s wishes with a first airing for Rienzi on the s
 tage of his hallowed Festspielhaus\, meanwhile promising that it will neve
 r be allowed back. Andreas Schager takes the title role opposite Gabriela 
 Scherer as Irene\, Rienzi’s adored sister (some have seen intimations of
  the incestuous twins of Die Walküre). Though the convention of trouser r
 oles was already obsolete at the time\, Wagner wrote Irene’s impassioned
  defender Adriano for mezzo-soprano\, here Jennifer Holloway. Alexandra Sz
 emerédy and Magdolna Parditka share the directing and design credits. Nat
 halie Stutzmann conducts.
LOCATION:Bayreuth Festival\, Festspielhügel 1-2\, 95445 Bayreuth\, Germany
SUMMARY:Rienzi\, by Richard Wagner
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