Sunday, May 8:
He had a very bad night, dreamed that Siegfried fell into an abyss, that we found him without a face (probably memories to walk right away, but we were warned by a woman not to let him walk too soon - that had already caused the death of one child). We remain at home, R. reading Gobineau. Herr Neumann full of misgivings about the rehearsal.
And in the evening the dream comes true: Jäger as Siegfried utterly unsuccessful, he actually provokes the audience to demonstrations. R. does not appear at the end. Impression of a failure and a Sunday audience. R. compares Jäger and Vogl, the two singers, and says of the latter, 'On the stage one wants brilliance; if there is no gold available, one takes silver, and if one hasn't got that, either, tin; but what one does not want is wood and leather.'