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More and more arrivals, all in the finest spirit; each one seemingly made for his role, and through the proper employment of forces, an astonishing result already in “Rheingold”. Unspeakable impression. Traduzione in italiano di Claudia Bilotti [© Claudia Bilotti | WAGNER Salon] Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.

Morning and afternoon rehearsal; the arrival of Betz; theatre visit; guests to lunch, guests in the evening, in between always a little time spent working with the children. The Brückner painter brothers are also here — a lovely weaving,[1] R. visibly pleased. [1] “Waldweben” (“Forest Weaving”), “Siegfried”, Act II. Traduzione…

Help me, Heaven, to bear this heavy heart –– the first rehearsal, and at the very first note my breast feels near to bursting! When Mr. Hill sat at table with us last evening, R. spoke of the lofty orchestral buskin upon which his singers must stand. Later, we were…

Early in the morning, a letter from Hans from Hal in Tyrol; he informs me of his great (huge) loss and also that he has suffered a mild stroke, the consequences of which he cannot yet foresee; once again the sword is twisted in my heart and all wounds are…

R. continues in the "Mysticism" of Görres with some difficulty, as the accumulation of penitential exercises has something positively repellent about it and the matter is treated in such a crudely realistic manner. Church carpet meeting for me. Richter likely to receive no leave for the rehearsals. In the afternoon,…

Lessons with the children, during which two boys (Erich Braun and Ludwig Reitzenstein) come to play with Fidi.  In the afternoon, at friend Lala’s for Turkish coffee; what he tells us of the Albanians and Turks is of great interest — among the Albanians, no state, yet more refinement in…