Monday, September 20:
A good night for everyone; R. writes to Herr Jauner, very earnestly dissuading him from Tristan und Isolde in Vienna with the Vogls; we discuss what to reply to Betz and what to Niemann; it is very difficult to converse with beings who speak an entirely different language; R. says quite rightly that, since he is expecting extraordinary things from these artists, he should try to come closer to them personally as well; but it is this wish that has led to the misunderstanding.
The medal maker Scharff is here, designing a new medallion of R. In the evening Much Ado About Nothing, great amusement from it.