Wagner’s Rienzi

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Listen Saturday, November 14th, at 1pm.

Program notes courtesy of WFMT.

Tune in to hear a production of Wagner’s Rienzi from the Bayreuth Festival in Germany. The production, conducted by Nathalie Stutzmann, stars tenor Andreas Schager, soprano Gabriela Scherer, and bass Andreas Bauer Kanabas.

Read a synopsis of the opera.

CONDUCTOR:

Nathalie Stutzmann

CAST:

Rienzi - Andreas Schager

Irene - Gabriela Scherer

Steffano Colonna - Andreas Bauer Kanabas

Adriano - Jennifer Holloway

Paolo Orsini - Michael Nagy

Cardinal Raimondo - Vitalij Kowaljow

Baroncelli - Matthias Stier

Cecco Del Vecchio -…