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)
Video Concert Hall Video Concert Hall, Ltd. at studios in Atlanta, Georgia. Crowe and Henderson served as executive producers of "Video Concert Hall", as well as other top-rated syndicated musical variety TV specials. "Billboard", the American magazine covering the music industry, said in a cover story that "Video Concert Hall" was the first-ever nationwide video music programming on cable television predating MTV by almost three years. "Video Concert Hall" creators Charles Henderson and Jerry Crowe are considered the "fathers" of television's music video programming. "Video Concert Hall" ran daily on USA Network from 1978 to 1981 on a seemingly arbitrary schedule, appearing on