. Richard Wagner : his life and works . sden, during a representation atBayreuth of that Parsifal, in which he had won the most brilliant success of hiscareer. This great artist was incomparable in the Nibelungen, where his heroicstature, and his voice of thunder served to excellent purpose. He seems to haveowed the full development of his talent to some lessons which he took of Garcia,at London ; on his return he concluded an engagement at the Dessau theatre ; thensung at Leipsic and at Vienna. After Wagners death he had become the habitualsupervisor of the Bayreuth performances. He died at t
. Richard Wagner : his life and works . sden, during a representation atBayreuth of that Parsifal, in which he had won the most brilliant success of hiscareer. This great artist was incomparable in the Nibelungen, where his heroicstature, and his voice of thunder served to excellent purpose. He seems to haveowed the full development of his talent to some lessons which he took of Garcia,at London ; on his return he concluded an engagement at the Dessau theatre ; thensung at Leipsic and at Vienna. After Wagners death he had become the habitualsupervisor of the Bayreuth performances. He died at the age of forty-five. RICHARD WAGNER 349 ored by the presence of the grand-duke and grand-duchess ofMecklenberg, the crown prince of Saxe-Weimar and theprincess his wife, the princess of Edimburg, etc. This wasanother glorious evening for Wagner, who, of course, couldnot refrain from speaking; but, as M. Paul Lindau has kindlyremarked, he spoke only three times, and not so badly asmight have been feared. The first time he said : But do. POSTAL CARD DESIGNED AND PUBLISHED AT BAYREUTH on the occasion of the representation of Parsifal. On the cars one reads : Special train for Bayreuth, and the four lines above explain themeaning of the design: — Before the Magic Mirror of the Grail,Klingsor beheld the approach of Parsifal;But now he sees a nobler vision still,The Bayreuth special puffing up the hill. not applaud ! the second time : Now then, applaud ! thethird and last time ! You have applauded too late ! r The sixteen promised representations of Parsifal were allgiven, and given successfully, notwithstanding the prophets 1 Richard Hagner, by M. Paul Lindau (Messrs. Hinrichsen, Paris). 35° RICHARD WAGNER of evil who predicted that the work would not live throughmore than two or three performances; they were terminatedAug. 28, on which evening Wagner gave himself the pleasureof directing the third act, without being perceived by thespectators. At the end there was a ceremony si
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