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 ‘devise’ something with Brandt so that the illumination from the orchestra may not spoil the scenic effects in Rheingold.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]