Wagner's Letters

Richard Wagner to Hermann Levi

August 11, 1872 · Bayreuth

Overview

In a brief note written on the day he completed the third act of Twilight of the Gods, Wagner tells Hermann Levi that he is in Bayreuth and that Levi is heartily welcome to visit at any time.

Letter

Most valued friend,

I am here, and looking forward to seeing you at any time. You are most heartily welcome!

Your devoted servant
Richard Wagner
On the eve of the end of the world

Source: Selected Letters of Richard Wagner, trans. and ed. Stewart Spencer and Barry Millington (W. W. Norton & Company, 1988), No. 411

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