R. greatly suffering! Violent pains in the head, an abscess in the tooth; he applies leeches and yet insists upon driving afterwards to the rehearsal. (He even wrote to the King amidst raging toothache.) After the rehearsal he is very unwell. First act of Walküre; Niemann, Scheffsky, Eilers — R. has once more rehearsed and drilled everything himself: every movement, every word, all.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]