Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900

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During our Wagner chats she would often ask me about Bayreuth,  and I begged her to seize the first opportunity of  attending the festival. She did not do so, however, until after her marriage with Baron Cederstrom, who is extremely fond of traveling, and,  beside taking his wife to Sweden every summer,  introduces her to many interesting European resorts. The following letter tells its own tale:   

FIhrens Villa, near Saltsjobaden, Stockholm,  August 5, 1901.  

Dear Mr. Klein :   We have just arrived at this lovely place after spending a very pleasant time in Switzerland and at Bayreuth,  and I must send you first these few lines to tell you how  immensely I was impressed by the Bayreuth performances. I never could have imagined anything so perfect  as the mise en scene, and I thought the "Ring" simply  divine. There are no words to express it; it is all so  wonderful and beautiful. I thought "Parsifal" was  glorious, especially the last act, and I am indeed glad to  have heard all these marvelous works.

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