First performed at the Royal Saxon Court Theatre, Dresden, October 20, 1842.
Original Cast.
| Cola Rienzi | Tichatschek. |
| Irene | Fräulein Wüst. |
| Steffano Colonna | Dettmer. |
| Adriano | Mme. Schroeder-Devrient. |
| Paolo Orsini | Wächter. |
| Raimondo | Vestri. |
| Baroncelli | Reinhold. |
| Cecco del Vecchio | Risse. |
| A Messenger of Peace | Thiele. |
Hamburg, 1844; Königsberg, 1845; Berlin, Oct. 26, 1847; Prague, 1859; Hanover, 1859; Weimar, Wiesbaden, and Darmstadt, 1860; Mayence, 1863; Stockholm, 1864; Bremen, Gratz, and Stettin, 1865; Würzburg, 1866; Schwerin, 1867; Rotterdam, 1868; Leipsic, 1869; Paris (in French translation by Charles Nuitter and J. Guillaume), April 6, 1869; Cassel, 1870; Augsburg, Carlsruhe, Vienna, and Munich, 1871; Mannheim and Magdeburg, 1872; Brunswick, 1873; Venice, 1874; Strassburg and Breslau, 1875; Bologna and Madrid, 1876; Cologne and Florence, 1877; Riga, 1878; New York, in German by the Pappenheim-Adams Co., Mar. 4, 1878, and in English, Jan. 27, 1879; London, Italian and English, 1879; St. Petersburg, 1879; Rome, Innspruck, Freiburg, and Ghent, 1880; Frankfort-on-the-Main, 1881, and Basle, 1882.
First performance in New York, Academy of Music, March 4, 1878, by the Pappenheim-Adams Company.
Cast.
| Adriano | Mme. Eugenia Pappenheim. |
| Irene | Miss Alexandre Human. |
| Cola Rienzi | Charles Adams. |
| Paolo Orsini | A. Blum. |
| Steffano Colonna | H. Wiegand. |
| Raimondo | F. Adolphe. |
| A Messenger of Peace | Miss Cooney. |
Conductor, Max Maretzek.
The names of the singers of Baroncelli and Cecco del Vecchio were not advertised nor mentioned in the newspapers.