(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1937(LE) - Weisbach Hans - Leipziger Sinfonieorchester*
2 1942(RCE) - Schüler Johannes - Berliner Staatskapelle*
3 1950(RA) - Zillig Winfried - Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks*
4 1953(RA) - Heger Robert - Orchester der RAVAG*
5 1957(LI) - Matacic Lovro von - Württembergische Staatsoper*
6 1960(LI) - Krips Josef - Wiener Rundfunk*
7 1964(LI) - Scherchen Hermann - Teatro alla Scala*
8 1974/1976(STU) - Hollreiser Heinrich - Dresdener Staatskapelle*
9 1976(RA) - Downes Edward - BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra*
10 1979(LI) - Köhler Siegfried - Das Hessische Staatstheater**
11 1983(LI) - Sawallisch Wolfgang - Bayerisches Staatsorchester*
12 1995(LI) - Soltesz Stefan - Flemish Opera Symphony Orchestra*
13 1997(LI) - Mehta Zubin - Wiener Staatsoper*
14 2002(LI) - Flor Claus Peter - Orchestre National de France*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Hans Weisbach - 1937(LE)
Orchestra - Leipziger Sinfonieorchester
Chorus - Chor des Reichssenders Leipzig
Rienzi - August Seider
Irene - Franziska von Dobay
Steffano Colonna - Rudolf Gonszar
Adriano Colonna - Margarete Klose
Peace Herald - Lore Hoffmann
Paolo Orsini - Theodor Horand
Raimondo - Ferdinand Frantz
Baroncelli - Hanns Fleischer
Cecco del Vecchio - Rudolf Schmalnauer
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Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0111 (+Tristan und Isolde - Act 2; conclusion with Seider - Bäumer - Dalberg +Don Carlos - Rodrigo/Philip duet; with Horand and Dalberg) {2CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Classic Record Collector - Autumn 2005 p.102 [JTH]
Classica Répertoire - No.74 juillet-aoüt 2005 p.105 (mention)
Opéra Magazine - No.7 mai 2006 p.75 [FL-2]
Comments:- Recording of the first 3 Acts of a concert performance in the Gewandhaus, Leipzig (13 November 1937) and of a performance of the introduction to Act 5 followed by «Allmächt'ger Vate blick' herab» sung by August Seider and conducted by Hilmar Weber.
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Conductor Johannes Schüler - 1942(RCE)
Orchestra - Berliner Staatskapelle
Chorus - Berliner Staatsoper
Rienzi - Max Lorenz
Irene - Hilde Scheppan
Steffano Colonna - Robert von der Linde
Adriano Colonna - Margarete Klose
Paolo Orsini - Jaro Prohaska
Baroncelli - Gustav Rödin
Cecco del Vecchio - Wilhelm Hiller
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Black Disc - *Top Classic Historia H-657-658 {2LPS}; Acanta 23035 {2LPS}
Compact Disc; - Preiser Records 90223 (1994)ª; Radio Years 106.07 (+Die Walküre +Tristan und Isolde - excerpts) {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opera News - April 15 1995 p.34
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.1 September/October 1995 p.353
Orpheus - November 1994 p.62; Mai 1999 S.58 [GH]
Diapason - No.411 janvier 1995 p.130
Wagner News - NO 106 December 1994 p.21: No.108 April 1995 p.14
Répertoire - No.76 janvier 1995 p.81
American Record Guide - May/June 1995 Vol.58 No.3 p.243
Comments:- Some of these excerpts are conducted by Robert Heger
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Conductor Winfried Zillig - 1950(RA)
Orchestra - Sinfonieorchester des Hessischen Rundfunks
Chorus - Chor des Hessischen Rundfunks
Rienzi - Günther Treptow
Irene - Trude Eipperle
Steffano Colonna - Helmut Fehn
Adriano Colonna - Erna Schlüter
Peace Herald - Berta Preisker
Paolo Orsini - Rudolf Gonszar
Raimondo - Heinz Prybit
Baroncelli - Willy Hofmann
Cecco del Vecchio - Josef Lindlar
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Black Disc - Documents OR 303 {3LPS}; Melodram MEL 230 {3LPS}
Compact Disc; - Urania URN 22.157 {3CDS} (2000)ª; Membran 223064 {4CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Opéra International - No.259 juillet-aoüt 2001 pp.73-74 [FL-2]
Diapason - No.480 avril 2001 p.127 [AT]
Comments:- The LPs published on the «Documents» label are advertized in GRAMOPHONE October 1979 p.616 and the Urania CDs in MUSICA N.121 novembre 2000 p.85
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Conductor Robert Heger - 1953(RA)
Orchestra - Orchester der RAVAG
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Rienzi - Günther Treptow
Irene - Gerda Scheyrer
Steffano Colonna - Adolf Vogel
Adriano Colonna - Hilde Rössl-Majdan
Peace Herald - Friedl Riegler
Paolo Orsini - Walter Berry
Raimondo - Oskar Czerwenka
Baroncelli - Waldemar Kmentt
Cecco del Vecchio - Otto Wiener
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Black Disc; - E.J. Smith «The Golden Age of Opera» EJS 189 {2LPS} (1960)ª
Compact Disc; - Walhall «Eternity Series» WLCD 0221 {2CDS} (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Orpheus - März + April 2008 S.58-59 [SS]
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast from Vienna by Radio Verkehrs AG (RAVAG). See also the «EJS Discography» pp.128-129.
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Conductor Lovro von Matacic - 1957(LI)
Orchestra - Württembergische Staatsoper
Chorus - Württembergische Staatsoper
Rienzi - Wolfgang Windgassen
Irene - Paula Brivkalne
Steffano Colonna - Gustav Neidlinger
Adriano Colonna - Josef Traxel
Paolo Orsini - Hans Günter Nöcker
Raimondo - Otto von Rohr
Baroncelli - Alfred Pfeifle
Cecco del Vecchio - Fritz Linke
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Compact Disc; - Living Stage LS 1018 {2CDS} (2002)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera News - October 2003, online edition [RC]
Comments:- Recording of a performance at the Württembergische Staatsoper, Stuttgart (3 November 1957)
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Conductor Josef Krips - 1960(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Rundfunk
Rienzi - Set Svanholm
Irene - Anne Lund Christiansen
Steffano Colonna - Paul Schöffler
Adriano Colonna - Christa Ludwig
Peace Herald - Teresa Stich-Randall
Paolo Orsini - Walter Berry
Raimondo - Heinz Holecek
Baroncelli - Karl Terkal
Cecco del Vecchio - Alois Pernerstorfer
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 225 {3LPS} (1982)ª
Compact Disc; - Laudis LCD 2.4016; Golden Melodram GM 10039 {2CDS} (2000)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - Mai 2001 S.73 [SS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.264
Stereophile - August 1989 (Vol.12 No.8) p.185
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - noviembre 2000 No.137 p.41 [SV]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.43 enero-febrero 2001 pp.98-99 [LB]
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance
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Conductor Hermann Scherchen - 1964(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Rienzi - Giuseppe di Stefano
Irene - Raina Kabaivanska
Steffano Colonna - Franco Piva
Adriano Colonna - Gianfranco Cecchele
Peace Herald - Luciana Piccolo
Paolo Orsini - Lino Puglisi
Raimondo - Giuseppe Modesti
Baroncelli - Piero De Palma
Cecco del Vecchio - Alfredo Giacomotti
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Black Disc - Roccoco Records 1022 {2LPS} (highlights? +recital BY GDS)
Compact Cassette - Charles Handelman - Live Opera 03512
Compact Disc; - *Giuseppe di Stefano GDS 21038 {2CDS}; Golden Melodram GM 6.0019 {2CDS} (2006)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.95 [PN]
Comments:- Recording of a performance of a shorted version at La Scala. According to the performance lists which were on the website of the Teatro alla Scala (http://www.teatroallascala.org) Rienzi was conducted by Scherchen with this cast on 4,6,9 June 1964. The year of this recording is sometime (incorrectly?) given as 1962.
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Conductor Heinrich Hollreiser - 1974/1976(STU)
Orchestra - Dresdener Staatskapelle
Chorus - Dresdener Staatsoper
Rienzi - René Kollo
Irene - Siv Wennberg
Steffano Colonna - Nikolaus Hillebrand
Adriano Colonna - Janis Martin
Peace Herald - Ingeborg Springer
Paolo Orsini - Theo Adam
Raimondo - Siegfried Vogel
Baroncelli - Peter Schreier
Cecco del Vecchio - Günther Leib
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Black Disc - *EMI SLS 990 {5LPS}; Angel SELX-3818 {5LPS}; ETERNA 8 26 658-662
Compact Disc; - EMI CMS 7 63980-2 {3CDS} (1992)ª; EMI CMS 5 67131-2 {3CDS} (1999)ª; Angel CDMB-63980 {3CDS}
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1976 p.873 [JBS]; February 1992 p.83 [AW]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.1 No.3 p.262
BBC Music Magazine - November 1999 p.75 [BM]
The Record Shelf Guide - (4) p.588
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Conductor Edward Downes - 1976(RA)
Orchestra - BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Northern Singers
Rienzi - John Mitchinson
Irene - Lois McDonall
Steffano Colonna - Michael Langdon
Adriano Colonna - Lorna Haywood
Peace Herald - Elizabeth Gale
Paolo Orsini - Raimund Herincx
Raimondo - David Ward
Baroncelli - Adrian De Peyer
Cecco del Vecchio - Paul Hudson
Herald - Brian Cookson
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Compact Disc; - *Audio Encylopedia AE 003 - The Operas of Richard Wagner (A Mike; Richter CD-ROM) (1999)ª; Oriel Music Society OMS 146/5 {5CDS}; Mitridate «Ponto» PO 1040 {4CDS} (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
Orpheus - September+Oktober 2006 S.59 [US]
Opéra Magazine - No.5 mars 2006 p.76 [FL-2]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.97 enero-febrero 2007 p.94 [MCP]
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 27 June 1976. See Radio Times Issue dated 26 June - 27 July 1976 p.24.
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Conductor Siegfried Köhler - 1979(LI)
Orchestra - Das Hessische Staatstheater
Chorus - Das Hessische Staatstheater
Rienzi - Gerd Brenneis
Irene - Jeannine Altmeyer
Steffano Colonna - Heinz Peters
Adriano Colonna - Glenys Linos
Paolo Orsini - Carl-Henning Steinhaus
Raimondo - Eduard Wollitz
Baroncelli - Wolfgang Frey
Cecco del Vecchio - Erwin Kurtz
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DVD (Video) - House of Opera DVD 227 (2003)ª; Encore DVD 2316 (2006)ª
VHS Video Cassette - House of Opera VIDEO 227
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
Comments:- Video recording of a performance in Wiesbaden (May 1979). There is a brief review in OPERA November 1997 pp.1077-1078. The DVD-R issued by House of Opera is listed in their online catalogue under the heading «New DVD'S 11-17-2003!!!» and that issued on the Encore label is (was?) listed on the website of «berkshire record outlet inc.» (hyperlink in CLORLINK.HTM).
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Conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch - 1983(LI)
Orchestra - Bayerisches Staatsorchester
Chorus - Bayerische Staatsoper
Rienzi - René Kollo
Irene - Cheryl Studer
Steffano Colonna - Jan-Hendrik Rootering
Adriano Colonna - John Janssen
Peace Herald - Carmen Anhorn
Paolo Orsini - Bodo Brinkmann
Raimondo - Karl Helm
Baroncelli - Norbert Orth
Cecco del Vecchio - Keith Engen
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Compact Disc; - *Orfeo C 346 953 D {3CDS} (1995)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - May 1996 p.120
Opera News - December 23 1995 p.37
Fanfare - Vol.19 No.3 January/February 1996 p.340
Opéra International - février 1996 No.199 p.59
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.169 p.126
BBC Music Magazine - January 1996 p.73
American Record Guide - January/February 1996 Vol.59 No.1 p.197
Répertoire - No 87 janvier 1996 p.67
Le Monde de la Musique - No.195 janvier 1996 p.105
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.18 diciembre 1995 - fevrier 1996 p.33 p.68
Opernwelt - 9/September 1995 S.20
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Nationaltheater, Munich (6 July 1983, the per-formance on July 12 1983 is reviewed in OPERA, Festival Issue 1983 p.35)
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Conductor Stefan Soltesz - 1995(LI)
Orchestra - Flemish Opera Symphony Orchestra
Chorus - Flemish Opera Chorus
Rienzi - Gary Lakes
Irene - Susan Anthony
Adriano Colonna - Janice Meyerson
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Compact Cassette; - Lyric Distribution Incorporated ALD 3901 (1996)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance of a shortened version in Ghent (11 April 1965). The compact cassettes issued by Lyric are listed in their list of «Pre-Recorded Operatic Cassettes - New Listings - March 1996». Here two additional singers are listed: Buesching, Tizian.
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Conductor Zubin Mehta - 1997(LI)
Orchestra - Wiener Staatsoper
Chorus - Wiener Staatsoper
Rienzi - Siegfried Jerusalem
Irene - Nancy Gustafson
Steffano Colonna - Walter Fink
Adriano Colonna - Violeta Urmana
Peace Herald - Anat Efraty
Paolo Orsini - Peter Weber
Raimondo - Roland Schubert
Baroncelli - Torsten Kerl
Cecco del Vecchio - Wolfgang Bankl
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics Incorporated 4695 (1998)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
Comments:- This recording appears to be of a performance at the Vienna State Opera in December 1997. Some of the information about the cast comes from «Chronik der Wiener Staatsoper 1945-2005» compiled by Andreas Láng p.198. The compact cassettes issued by Legato are listed in their list of «New Audio Cassette Listings(ALD) - Summer 1998». Here the year of the performance recorded is not given. There is a review of a performance in OPERA March 1998 pp.327-328.
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Conductor Claus Peter Flor - 2002(LI)
Orchestra - Orchestre National de France
Chorus - Choeur de Radio France
Rienzi - Thomas Moser
Irene - Nancy Gustafson
Steffano Colonna - Alfred Reiter
Adriano Colonna - Yvonne Naef
Peace Herald - Hélène Bernardi
Paolo Orsini - Peter Sidhom
Raimondo - Kenneth Cox
Baroncelli - Stephan Rügamer
Cecco del Vecchio - Alexandre Vassiliev
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 667 {3CDRS} (Australia) (2007)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Rienzi by Richard Wagner are surveyed in the following publications:-
CELLETTI p.1079; PENGUIN p.538
Comments:- Recording of a concert performance in the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris (18 February 2002).
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española