Category: #countdown1876

At 8 o’clock arrived in Bayreuth! The children at the station, happy and well. We were both in need of much sleep. In the evening, Feustel, tells us of a strange encounter with privy councillor Düfflipp, who could not have been more rude to him! …  In contrast, in Vienna,…

Preparations for departure; visit to Menzel, whose brother-in-law greets us with notes from “Götterdämmerung”; looked through portfolios. At one o’clock, lunch at the hotel with Lothar Bucher, much laughter about Mommsen, and the dishonest actions of him and other scholars regarding the Lauenburg affair.[1] We talked about the Prince, whose…

Long sleep, followed immediately by getting dressed for the second concert at 12 o'clock. Very pleasant, intimate atmosphere, better performance, familiar audience, Materna and Niemann in tears, R. cheered up afterward. Dinner at Poppenbergers’, with the Niemanns, Maternas, and Eckerts. In the evening at Helmholtzs’; made the acquaintance of Mommsen,[1]…

R. slept well, in a cheerful mood; I pay some visits with the friendliest company (Helmholtz, Luise Oriola, Princess Biron). At half-past seven, the concert; I am in Mimi’s box with Bonin Loë, Frau von Bülow[1] (Undersecretary of State), Prince Liechtenstein, and others. Great enthusiasm, according to Berlin’s standards, but…

General rehearsal: R. not feeling well; we go with Frau Wesendonck. Many friends are there, and there is great emotion (Prof. Helmholtz is constantly in tears listening to the divine things). I am indescribably shaken; the entire conclusion is essentially a paraphrase of the unwritten words [1]: “Not the glitter…

Rehearsal at 10 o'clock; the orchestra is getting more fiery and better, as usual after some interactions with R… He is, however, very tired. He lies down for a bit, and I pay some visits, taking care of the distribution of tickets for the general rehearsal. In the evening, we…