R
Rameau, [170]
Recitative, early, [168] et seq.
"Recollections of Spontini," [86]
Reissiger, [45], [51]
"Rheingold, das," see "[Das Rheingold]"
Richter, Hans, [125], [130-132], [134], [144]
"Rienzi," [221] et seq.;
Adriano, air of, [232];
art-theories in, [52], [172], [176], [223], [225], [227], [228];
Berlin performances, [70], [71];
character of hero, [230];
completed, [44];
conception of, [223], [224];
divided into two parts, [52];
first performances to 1882, [221], [222];
first mentioned by Wagner, [31];
libretto begun, [224];
libretto, nature of, [228], [229], [230];
materials of, [176], [225], [226];
music begun, [224];
music, nature of, [228], [229];
music, Rienzi's prayer, [231];
offered to Dresden, [44];
opera instead of music-drama, why, [225] et seq.;
performance of, suggestions as to, [47];
prayer in, [230], [231];
preparations to produce, [47], [48], [51];
produced at Dresden, [51];
Berlin, [52];
Schuré's criticism of, [232]
"Ring des Nibelungen, der," see "[Der Ring]"
Rinuccini, Ottavio, [168]
Rochlitz, [11]
Roeckel, August, [53], [64]
Rossini, [89]
Royer, Alphonse, [114], [116]
Rudolf of Hapsburg, [332]
"Rule Britannia" overture, [30], [31]