The opera recording of Rienzi from the Deutsche Oper Berlin is accompanied by two documentaries showing the staging process of this Rienzi production: The film „Making of Rienzi“ is available as bonus track on the Rienzi DVD and the film „Rienzi, The Last of the Tribunes“ was created as supporting programme for the broadcast on Arte within the series „Oper entdecken – Découvier un opéra“.

Stage director Philipp Stölzl, conductor Sebastian Lang and the main protagonists Torsten Kerl (Rienzi), Kate Adrich (Adriano), Camilla Nylund (Irene) explore their ap- proach whithin this bold and daring produc- tion from the 2010 season of the Deutsche Oper Berlin.