Rienzi in April/May 2009 and at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Oper Leipzig in April/May 2010. In July 2013, the bicentennial year of Wagner's birth, performances of all three of Wagner's early operas, including "Rienzi", took place for the first time at Bayreuth, at the Oberfrankenhalle. This performance trimmed some parts, including the second-act ballet. The Australian premiere was a concert performance by Melbourne Opera in December 2013, as part of the bicentennial celebrations. The opera opens with a substantial overture which begins with a trumpet call (which in act 3 we learn is the war call of the Colonna family)
Symphonic Game Music Concerts with the Fanfare for the Common 8-bit Hero, along with an overture of music from Skyward Sword, a concerto of music from The Wind Waker, and an arrangement of the Gerudo Valley theme from Ocarina of Time as an encore. On 9 July 2011, the WDR Radio Orchestra presented "Symphonic Odysseys" at the Philharmonic Hall in Cologne. The concert exclusively paid homage to the work of composer Nobuo Uematsu. Tickets went on sale 1 December 2010 and sold out within 12 hours, prompting the producers to announce a second concert to be performed at 3 pm on the same day.