RIENZI was first produced on Oct. 20, 1842, at Dresden. Although the performance lasted six hours, the success of the new opera was great, and its most important consequence was that Wagner, who had hitherto been a poor struggling Bohemian, obtained t...
RIENZI was first produced on Oct. 20, 1842, at Dresden. Although the performance lasted six hours, the success of the new opera was great, and its most important consequence was that Wagner, who had hitherto been a poor struggling Bohemian, obtained the comfortable position of royal conductor at the Opera.