. Richard Wagner : his life and works . n you whatwe wish and what we can do when all our wills are directedtowards the same object; if only you, on your side, willsustain us, then we shall have an art. At these words,which sound strange in the land of Bach and Beethoven,of Haydn and Mozart, of Weber and Schumann, the spec-tators are non-plussed, but they make one more attempt tocall out some of the artists, especially Richter, the leader,and Mme. Materna. Again Wagner appears, alone as be-fore, and seems anxious thus to affirm the effacement ofeverything which surrounds him, on this day of tr
. Richard Wagner : his life and works . n you whatwe wish and what we can do when all our wills are directedtowards the same object; if only you, on your side, willsustain us, then we shall have an art. At these words,which sound strange in the land of Bach and Beethoven,of Haydn and Mozart, of Weber and Schumann, the spec-tators are non-plussed, but they make one more attempt tocall out some of the artists, especially Richter, the leader,and Mme. Materna. Again Wagner appears, alone as be-fore, and seems anxious thus to affirm the effacement ofeverything which surrounds him, on this day of triumph ;then, an Italian prima donna, Mme. Lucca, wild with en- 1 The scenery of the Trilogy was painted by Bruckner brothers, of Coburg,after models by Hoffman of Vienna. Prof. Doppler, of Berlin, designed the cos-tumes ; the armor came from the Meiningen factories, and the machinery wasplanned by Brandt, of Darmstadt, who gave special attention to the stage lighting,producing singularly beautiful and truthful effects of day and REPRESENTATION OF THE NIBELUNGEN RING, AT BAYREUTH IN 1876. The awakening of Brunhilda, third act of Siegfried. After a drawing by M. Knut Ekwall. 302 RICHARD WAGNER thusiasm, salutes him with this strange exclamation : Longlive the master, the greatest of all masters. I am wellpleased; we thank you one and all! Then the curtain fellwithout a single artist having had a chance to respond to thecalls of the audience. On August 18, a banquet of honor, — sacred form — wastendered to Richard Wagner and his artists, by the so-calledpatrons of the work, and by those of the spectators whowished to take part in it; for, on arriving at the theatre onthe previous evening, each spectator had found at his placean invitation to subscribe five marks to this Thehero of the occasion could not restrain his impatience tospeak, and as soon as an opportunity presented itself, herose to thank the assembly for their sympathy, the performersfor their disin
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