A prolonged and good spell of work with Lusch—literature, English, French. In the afternoon arrival of Herr Betz, who came together with Herr Brandt. Since “an engineer” had been announced, I took (as a result of my weak eyes) Herr Betz to be this man, and when R. entered and embraced his singer, my misunderstanding gave rise to much merriment. Pleasant evening, R. recites a scene from Die Walküre (Wotan and Fricka).
Saturday, July 11 (11th of July 1874)
Cosima Wagner Diaries