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Program

Richard Wagner, Rienzi, WWV 49

Overture

I: "Hier ist's ! Hier ist's ! Frisch auf, ihr Freunde!"

I: "Zur Ruhe!..."

I: "O Schwester, sprich"

I: "Er geht und lässt dich meinem Schutz"

I: "Gegrüsst, gegrüsst sei, hoher Tag!"

I: "Rienzi! Ha, Rienzi! Hoch!"

I: "Ihr Römer, sprecht!"

II: "Ihr Römer, hört die Kunde"

II: "Du, Friedensbote, sage an"

II: "Rienzi, nimm des Friedens Gruss!"

II: "So wäre den auf ihn allein der Streich zu führen"

II: "Ha, Meuchelmörder! Sprecht"

II: "Erschallet, Feierklänge!"

II: "Rienzi! Auf! Schütz den Tribun!"

II: "Mein armer Bruder"

II: "O lasst der Gnade Himmelslicht"

III: "Vernammt ihr All' die Kund e schon?"

III: "Gerechter Gott, so ist's entschieden schon!"

III: "Wo war ich? Ha, wo bin ich jetzt?"

III: "Nun denn, nimm, Schicksal, deinen Lauf!"

III: "Heil, Roma, dir! Du hast gesiegt"

III: "Ha! Diese Schmerzen, tief und gross!"

IV: "Wer war's, der euch hierher beschied?"

IV: "Ich bin ein Zeuge, er sprach wahr"

IV: "Ihr nicht beim Feste?"

IV: "Irene, komm', flieh' diesen Ort"

V: "Allmächt'ger Vater, blick' herab!"

V: "Verlässt die Kirche mich"

V: "Du hier, Irene?"

V: "Kennt ihr mich noch nicht?"

Wagner's Rienzi

Jorge Lavelli (stage director), Pinchas Steinberg (conductor) – With Torsten Kerl (Rienzi) and Marika Schönberg (Irène)... – Théâtre du Capitole

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Cast

Jorge Lavelli — Stage director

Ricardo Sanchez Cuerda — Set designer

Francesco Zito — Costumes

Roberto Trafferi — Lighting

Torsten Kerl — Rienzi

Marika Schönberg — Irène

Richard Wiegold — Steffano Colonna

Program notes

Rienzi, one of Wagner’s masterpieces, has been a major success at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse in recent years. For this production, the lyric theatre called upon renowned producer Jordi Lavelli and tenor Torsten Kerl. The Orchestre National du Capitole is conducted by Pinchas Steinberg.

Wagner composed Rienzi in Dresden in 1842 after reading the novel Rienzi, the Last of the Roman Tribunes (1835) by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Aside from Richard Wagner and Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Cola di Rienzo, a famous historical figure, also inspired playwrights François Laignelot and Mary Russell Mitford. Rienzo, a young Roman in the 14th century, stood up to corruption in Rome's upper classes, to the point where the people acclaimed him as their new tribune. This incredible journey seems to be designed to be made into a tragedy, a novel or an opera. When Wagner adapted the story of this medieval hero, he was young and still seeking his own style; after Die Feen and Das Liebesverbot, Rienzi is the composer's first opera.

Jordi Lavelli's staging is modern, unlike the sumptuous 19th-century grand opera, and the scenery is simple. By limiting himself to the essential, Lavelli restores the force of this long score and puts the singers in the spotlight. In this setting, Torsten Kerl's intelligent singing style shines.

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