Rehearsal with Hill and Schlosser. He says to Schlosser: “Everything strictly in time! No recitative, that doesn’t exist with me!” Nothing but “arias”! It is said that King Ludwig, after a meeting of many German princes, told him he could not tolerate the company of his tasteless princely colleagues. He tells stories about Berlioz and Meyerbeer. He calls Virginia cigars rat tails. He refers to Pollini as: Director Pollutioni!
2. June (2nd June, 1876)
Diary of Felix Mottl