Rienzi reconstruct Wagner's "original" "Rienzi", but "Rienzi" on the other hand was clearly never finished by the composer. It was constantly being altered during the 1840s (and, it seems, possibly throughout Wagner's lifetime), so it is not feasible to fully determine Wagner's exact or final intentions based on existing evidence. Complete recordings (and performances) of Rienzi are rare, although the overture is regularly found on radio broadcasts and compilation CDs. Significant cuts to the score are common in recordings. Rienzi was released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2010. The production was directed by Philipp Stölzl, and performed by the Deutsche Oper
Overture of the Wicked of Iced Earth's Box of the Wicked collection. The four songs features most of the band's October 2006-March 2007 lineup, with guitarist Jon Schaffer playing bass, as former bassist James "Bo" Wallace left before recording began. "Overture of the Wicked" is the only official Iced Earth release with former guitarist Tim Mills, and the first with drummer Brent Smedley since 1999's "The Melancholy E.P.". On the reasoning behind doing the EP, Tim Owens said: Overture of the Wicked Overture of the Wicked is an EP by Iced Earth, which was released on June 4, 2007 in Europe and June 5,