Monday, August 7:
Rehearsal of Die Walküre in front of an audience, since it improves the acoustics. Much abuse with the tickets. Public rehearsals also on the 8th and 9th. R. with the King throughout; R. professes to have detected a certain ill feeling as he takes his departure. The King has forbidden any sort of ovation, yet he seems astonished when none takes place.
On the 12th, arrival of the Emperor, the Grand Duke of Schwerin with wife and daughter, the Grand Duchess of Baden, Anhalt-Dessau, Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, etc., etc.; R. goes to meet the Emperor, who, in very friendly mood, talks about a national festival. At last, on