Wagner's Letters

Richard Wagner to Carl Voltz

October 14, 1873 · Bayreuth

Overview

Wagner suggests two alternative terms for licensing his arrangement of Gluck's Iphigenia in Aulis.

Letter

Dear Herr Voltz!

Try this one: for the performing rights of Iphigenia, nothing at all, but royalties from my older operas.

Or else—demand for Iphigenia what you think appropriate; I suggest a heavy fee, for that opera will hardly be given often.

Best regards,
Richard Wagner

Source: Letters of Richard Wagner: The Burrell Collection, ed. John N. Burk (Macmillan, 1950), No. 324