Category: July 1876

Great delight in Lusch, who has grown considerably. I paid several visits with her. In the evening, several guests. Amidst all this, great vexation. Without informing R. of it, the Administrative Council announces a public rehearsal at the price of three marks. R. is beside himself. Revised English translation by Jo Cousins…

Various vexations; the Ducal Palace is using the question of Frau von Schl.’s accommodation as a reason to behave rudely towards us! … In the afternoon, rehearsal of “Rheingold” — Herr Niemann present, and ‘gracious’, as I teasingly tell him. We remain after all at the restaurant, because R. wishes to…

There is no rehearsal; nevertheless we drive to the theatre: R. wishes to discuss the final scene (the appearance of Wotan) with Herr Brandt and to inspect Doepler’s costume designs. I am much distressed by them; the archaeologist’s playful impulse finds expression therein, to the detriment of the tragic and the mythical….

R. holds a rehearsal in the morning with Frau Materna; in the afternoon, the third act of Götterdämmerung with orchestra, an indescribable impression! In the evening at the restaurant, where R. becomes very vehement towards the Brückners, who had expressed themselves most awkwardly (they had said that they could not…

The whole of Götterdämmerung!!! Unger restored back to health; in his stead, trouble with Hagen; Herr Kögel, nervous, departs; negotiations with Scaria, whose baseness remains true to itself. Great distress in the cashbox: every day costs two thousand marks, little money comes in, and Herr Feustel reports that within three…