12 June (12 June, 1876)

6 o’clock arrangement rehearsal with piano: I. act of Walküre. The Master has facial neuralgia, went with his head bandaged and said to Niemann, greeting him: “Dear Niemann, will you arrange your scene as you see fit?” But Niemann was not yet confident and still had to sing with the piano score. Despite all the pain, Wagner, with his old vivacity, jumped into the scene. Eilers sings Hunding in his own unbothered way. Scheffsky is a beginner, but, it seems, a happy one; beautiful figure and articulate. Wagner noticed that I had gone into the auditorium and called out to me: “You must report here, there is something for you to do here.”