Rienzi can be noted that "Rienzi" prefigures themes (brother/sister relationships, social order and revolution) to which Wagner was often to return in his later works. The success of "Rienzi" – his first real success of any kind – was crucial in Wagner's career, launching him as a composer to be reckoned with. It was followed, within months, by his appointment as Kapellmeister at the Dresden Opera (February 1843), which also gave him considerable prestige. It also received critical acclaim elsewhere in Europe. The young Eduard Hanslick, later to be one of Wagner's foremost critical adversaries, wrote in 1846 in Vienna: I
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,