Wagner's Letters

Richard Wagner to Ernst Benedikt Kietz

July 8, 1841 · Meudon

Overview

Wagner announces, with mock formality, that the Dresden intendant von Lüttichau has officially confirmed the acceptance of Rienzi for the Court Theatre.

Letter

His Excellency Herr Hofmarschall von Lüttichau has officially communicated to me the definite acceptance of my opera Rienzi for the Court Theater in Dresden.

Recommended for sympathy
Richard Wagner

Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 35