Cosima's Diaries

Diary Entry of June 11, 1877

Overview

Parsifal brought real pleasure, and the diarist found the work deeply satisfying. The heat was intense, but R.'s sharp, amused observations about the women in the pump room gave the evening a satirical finish.

Content

Monday, June 11:

I take delight in Parsifal. Great heat. R. gives us delicious descriptions of the ladies in the pump room, fat, with discontented, indeed malicious expressions, but with roses on their hats. He thinks of the Spartans, who killed off all their superfluous people.