Kietz!
Please send me your text of Rienzi quickly! I'm staying till the end of next week! More next time! I'm in a hurry!
Your
R. W.
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 171
Richard Wagner to Ernst Benedikt Kietz
January 22, 1858 · Paris
A hurried note from the Grand Hôtel du Louvre asking Kietz to send his text of Rienzi at once.
Kietz!
Please send me your text of Rienzi quickly! I'm staying till the end of next week! More next time! I'm in a hurry!
Your
R. W.
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 171