Category: February 1875

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…

Worked with the children; then sent them onto the ice and, in the meantime, wrote letters (to father, who will not be coming to Vienna, etc.). Waiting in vain for Richter; in Vienna, there is confusion, as he has not attended to anything. In the evening, a larger gathering took…

R. once again dreamed of disgraceful treatment, even of the prison to which he was taken; probably prompted by the discussions that we had concerning the strange verdict recently passed here (a robber, murderer, etc., was only sentenced to several years in prison). R. is strongly opposed to the jury…

R. was once again wildly dreaming of the disgraceful manner in which the late King of Prussia had treated him regarding a remark made by R. about Prussia, of which I was a witness. – Richard’s “dream king” is probably Frederick William IV (1795 – 1861), who was critically perceived…