Tuesday, November 20:
R. did not have a very good night, but he works. In the evening he plays me Gurnemanz's narration about the coming of the angels to Titurel. Then we go through the first act of Parsifal (in French).
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of November 20, 1877
Overview
Though the night is poor, he keeps working and then shares more of Parsifal with the narrator through a musical scene and a French reading of the first act. The day suggests steady progress even under fatigue, with composition and dramatic study moving forward together.