Category: Cosima Wagner Diaries

Restless night. I dreamt of torture devices and murderers, while R. dreamt of Frederick the Great, whom he saw approaching with his general staff, wearing a peculiar hat made only of two wings; we on higher ground; he wanting to come up, and we helping him. He asks: “Where is…

A joyful feeling, being alone together once again! R. is very satisfied with Gfrörer and his interpretation of John. In the evening, Mr. Glatz reports that he is returning to Pest due to an inheritance matter; “the dead ride quickly,”[1] says R. – We review the Symphony of the poor…

I dreamt I had a lot of pins in my mouth. – Farewell to the Richters; it was confirmed that the concert in Pest will take place after the one in Vienna. That which does not belong together falls apart, no matter how closely it has come together; I feel…

Our couple to the theater with the children; the young woman very strange. At lunch, a few words about Glatz’s singing, misunderstanding. A rather difficult day. In the evening, a very moving letter from Doris v. Berckefeld, asking me to be the godmother of her son. I accepted immediately. In…

Visited the sick; R. has business letters to take care of, including one to the peculiar [Marriane] Brandt, who does not wish to sing Waltraute but instead Fricka. At two o'clock, Richter with his wife; he remains the same magnificent man as ever; she, however, seems strange to me, a…

Much back and forth between the singers and Richard; they all behave consistently well; on the other hand, the members of the Karlsruhe orchestra behave less well. The magnificent Mimi writes again about a patronage note, which she sold to Duke Ratibor, and about a painting by Angeli[1], which she…