RIENZI This is a list of all the complete (or abridged) recordings of RIENZI in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE. All opera entries in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE are fully documented, as shown immediately below. Following this fully documented entry is a listing of all of the other complete recordings of RIENZI in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE. These listings are in an abbreviated form, listed in the chronological order of their recording dates. This is a full document entry ******************* About this opera Opera: RIENZI (1842) Libretto: Text by the composer, after Bulwer Lytton Composer: Wagner, Richard (1813-1883) National Origin: NO/German   About this recording Set Number: SELX 3818 Individual LP Numbers: SQ-1-37071, SQ-1-37072, SQ-1-37073,                                  SQ-1-37074, SQ-1-37075 Label: Angel Records Phonics: stereo Number of LPs: 5 - 12" LPs; manual playing sequence Accompanying Text: libretto (German, English),                              liner notes in English Recording Location: Dresden; Lukaskirche Recording Date: 1974 and 1976 Year: 1976 Packaging:  single hinge, standard size opera box Autographs: René Kollo, Peter Schreier Notes: Studio recording Also issued as: 8 26 658/59/60/61/62, C 193 02776/77/78/79/80   About the performers Conductor: Heinrich Hollreiser Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden Chorus: Leipziger Rundfunkchor; Horst Neumann, dir. Chorus: Chor der Staatsoper Dresden;             Franz-Peter Müller-Sybel, dir. CAST: Role ........................................................ Performer Cola Rienzi: .............................................................................. René Kollo Irene: ................................................................................... Siv Wennberg Adriano: ................................................................................... Janis Martin Paolo Orsini: ........................................................................... Theo Adam Steffano: ..................................................................... Nikolaus Hillebrand Raimondo: ........................................................................ Siegfried Vogel Baroncelli: ........................................................................... Peter Schreier Cecco del Vecchio: .............................................................. Günther Leib Ein Friedensbote: ........................................................ Ingeborg Springer Note: roles not included in the above cast are not listed on this specific recording. Remaining recordings of RIENZI in THE DURBECK ARCHIVE Note: in the Wagner Opera Discography, all of these operas will be listed in full document form just as the one shown above and not in the abbreviated form as listed below.   (listed in abbreviated form e.g. year of recording; performer of the role of Rienzi;  the conductor; the orchestra) 1941 Rienzi ................................................................................................. Max Lorenz Johannes Schüler;   Staatskapelle Berlin 1941 through 1964 Rienzi(s) ......................................... Set Svanholm, Günther Treptow, Piero-Miranda-Ferraro, Wolfgang Windgassen, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Max Lorenz (tenors). Joseph Krips, Robert Heger, Arturo Basile, Lovro von Matacic, Hermann Scherchen, Felix Prohaska, Guido Cantelli;   Vienna (1950 and 1960), Turin (1963), Stuttgart (1957), Milan (1964), Berlin (1941), NBC (NY-1954) - this is a composite recording of many performances 1950 Rienzi .......................................................................................... Günther Treptow Robert Heger;  Berlin State Opera Orchestra 1950 Rienzi .......................................................................................... Günther Treptow Winfried Zillig;   Hessischen Rundfunks Orchester 1960 Rienzi ............................................................................................... Set Svanholm Josef Krips;   Wiener Rundfunksinfonieorchester 1960 Rienzi ............................................................................................... Set Svanholm Josef Krips Wiener Philharmoniker 1964 Rienzi .................................................................................... Giuseppe Di Stefano Hermann Scherchen;   Teatro alla Scala Orchestra 1974 Rienzi ........................................................................................ Karl Walter Böhm Fritz Weisse;   Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin 1976 Rienzi .................................................................................................. René Kollo Heinrich Hollreiser;   Staatskapelle Dresden 1976 Rienzi .................................................................................................. René Kollo Heinrich Hollreiser;   Staatskapelle Dresden 1976 Rienzi .................................................................................................. René Kollo Heinrich Hollreiser;   Staatskapelle Dresden Return to the Home Page of The Durbeck Archive