excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 249 (157 words)
excerpt from 'Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900' pp. 249 (157 words)
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Three weeks later I met impresario and conductor together at Bayreuth on the day that they were to take their departure. Both were full of the wonders they had seen and heard. The works given that year were “Parsifal”, “Tristan”, and “Die Meistersinger” — the Nuremberg opera for the first time at Bayreuth. I asked Harris which of the three he had decided to do at Covent Garden next season. “Parsifal”, was his unblushing reply; “that is, if Frau Cosima will oblige me with the necessary permission. But I am afraid she won't. Seriously, though, I should like to do the “Meistersinger”, even if I have to give it in Italian and get the text specially translated. If only Jean de Reszke would sing Walther! See poor old Gudehus in the part here, and then imagine for yourself what a perfect Walther Jean would make!” |
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