The second act rehearsed; Herr Niemann most unedifying; R. works on the March; I receive a pleasing letter from Mr. Tribert,[1] my mother’s best friend. In the evening several visits. —
Amusing reports of Herr Joachim’s[2] despotism here.
[1] Tribert, a French writer, was friends with Marie d’Agoult.
[2] Probably Joseph Joachim (1830 – 1907), Austro-Hungarian violinist, at that time director of the Royal Academy of Music.
Revised English translation by Jo Cousins [© Jo Cousins | WAGNER Salon]