Wednesday, July 28:
Continuation of the same life. On the 24th, visit to the theater, first rehearsal with scenery, a splendid sight and magnificent sound; R. was greatly moved. A curiosity: Herr von Hülsen, the long-standing foe; he spends the evening with us.
Next day the Petersens; between times, always rehearsals. Arrival of a Norn (Frl. Preiss); then our nephew Jachmann, to arrange his wretched affairs with friend Feustel; finally Herr Niemann, a disturbing influence, conceited and demanding, contributing nothing. He joins Richter to visit taverns and scoffs at the rest of the deserving company. I make amends and bear it as best I can. On Wednesday and Sunday, the Bayreuth people. Prof. Doepler with his costume sketches; Herr Fricke, the ballet master from Dessau, gives dancing lessons for the children; sad discovery that Lusch has become somewhat crooked in posture.
On the 28th, splendid rehearsal of the first act of Götterdämmerung; in the evening a telegram from my father saying that he is arriving on the following day.