R. had a very poor night… Around midday, Mr Glatz[1], the future Siegfried, arrives. He brings news from Richter, whose fiancée[2] is of Jewish descent.
In the afternoon the notary Skutsch, there is little hope of ridding oneself from the gentlemen[3] through legal means, and thus the situation is almost worse than it was before.
In the evening, the first demonstration by Mr Glatz — the Richter method, as we had expected. What hardship R. will face, for he must even grind the stones he needs for his buildings.
Hans Richter
on the title of „Die Bombe“ on Mai 23, 1875(László Frecskay, Sammlung.wienmuseum.at/objekt/481312)
1] Dr. Franz Glatz, a young Hungarian with a great tenor voice, was a discovery of Richter. Glatz was chosen to sing Siegfried in Bayreuth, but as time went on this proved impossible. In Wagner’s Budapest concert on March 10, 1875, Glatz sang the Schmiedelieder from Siegfried and Siegfried’s Death from Götterdämmerung. He also studied in Bayreuth, but it didn’t work out in the end. Glatz changed his name, he called himself “Gaffi” and was a respected member of the Royal Hungarian Opera in Budapest for many years. (Source: Ludwig Karpath, Richard Wagner Letters to Hans Richter).
[2] Marie von Szitänyi
[3] Voltz und Batz
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins.