ABSTRACT
Previous stagflation.—Roeckel’s sister advocating Tannhàuser, little Schwerin follows Weimar and sets the ball rolling.— Niggardly fees ; “hailstorm of scores:’—Old defects at Dresden and Weimar fromft “Tannhàuser - guide” ; Tichatschek’s chagrin.— Contents of the brochure; effect on various conductors.—Wiesbaden success; the Leipzig “crew.”—First act of Berlin farce.—Court-theatres and “Selfcomfosing Kafellmeisters—Middle-size cities ; Breslau success.—Fétis delivers battle ; Belloni urges another invasion of Paris; Liszt dissuades.—Dresden revives the opera; the King’s intentions ì Wagner’s indifference ; his frohibition of Lohengrin.—Richard Pohl a recruit.—Weimar “restores” Tannhàuser.—“Fm glad lo see none of these performances.”
