Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Chronology
- Chapter 1 1843–1865: Childhood and Years of Study
- Chapter 2 1866–1867: Tribschen
- Chapter 3 1868–1869: Munich
- Chapter 4 1870–1871: Brussels; Tribschen
- Chapter 5 1871–1874: Budapest
- Chapter 6 1874–1875: Budapest and Bayreuth
- Chapter 7 1875: Vienna
- Chapter 8 1876: Bayreuth
- Chapter 9 1877: London
- Chapter 10 1878–1879: Vienna
- Chapter 11 1879–1880: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 12 1880–1881: London and Vienna
- Chapter 13 1881–1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 15 1882–1883: The Master's Death
- Chapter 16 1884: More Opera in London
- Chapter 17 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
- Chapter 18 1887–1888 Return to Bayreuth
- Chapter 19 1889–1900: Vienna
- Chapter 20 1897–1900: Richter and Mahler
- Chapter 21 1889–1890: England
- Chapter 22 1891–1895: England
- Chapter 23 1895–1900: England
- Chapter 24 1890–1899: Bayreuth
- Chapter 25 1894–1899: Richter's Diary
- Chapter 26 1899–1900: Hallé Orchestra
- Chapter 27 1900–1902: England
- Chapter 28 1903–1904: England
- Chapter 29 1904–1906: England
- Chapter 30 1906–1908: England
- Chapter 31 1908–1909: England
- Chapter 32 1909–1911: England
- Chapter 33 1911–1914: Retirement
- Chapter 34 1914–1916: The Last Years
- Chapter 35 Finale
- HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS
- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter
- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 24 - 1890–1899: Bayreuth
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 April 2017
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Figures
- Foreword
- Preface to the New Edition
- Chronology
- Chapter 1 1843–1865: Childhood and Years of Study
- Chapter 2 1866–1867: Tribschen
- Chapter 3 1868–1869: Munich
- Chapter 4 1870–1871: Brussels; Tribschen
- Chapter 5 1871–1874: Budapest
- Chapter 6 1874–1875: Budapest and Bayreuth
- Chapter 7 1875: Vienna
- Chapter 8 1876: Bayreuth
- Chapter 9 1877: London
- Chapter 10 1878–1879: Vienna
- Chapter 11 1879–1880: Friends and Enemies
- Chapter 12 1880–1881: London and Vienna
- Chapter 13 1881–1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 14 1882: Richter and d'Albert
- Chapter 15 1882–1883: The Master's Death
- Chapter 16 1884: More Opera in London
- Chapter 17 1885–1886: Vienna, London and Birmingham
- Chapter 18 1887–1888 Return to Bayreuth
- Chapter 19 1889–1900: Vienna
- Chapter 20 1897–1900: Richter and Mahler
- Chapter 21 1889–1890: England
- Chapter 22 1891–1895: England
- Chapter 23 1895–1900: England
- Chapter 24 1890–1899: Bayreuth
- Chapter 25 1894–1899: Richter's Diary
- Chapter 26 1899–1900: Hallé Orchestra
- Chapter 27 1900–1902: England
- Chapter 28 1903–1904: England
- Chapter 29 1904–1906: England
- Chapter 30 1906–1908: England
- Chapter 31 1908–1909: England
- Chapter 32 1909–1911: England
- Chapter 33 1911–1914: Retirement
- Chapter 34 1914–1916: The Last Years
- Chapter 35 Finale
- HANS RICHTER'S CONDUCTING BOOKS
- Appendix 1 Works conducted by Hans Richter
- Appendix 2 Cities and towns where Richter conducted
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
There were six festivals at Bayreuth during the 1890s and Richter conducted at four of them, Die Meistersinger in 1892 and 1899 and the Ring in 1896 and 1897. Four performances of Die Meistersinger were scheduled for 1892 but he was barely able to rehearse, as he could not free himself of his London commitments, which lasted until 4 July, nor from his operatic duties in Vienna which took him back to the capital for the first eight days of August. There were also other complications. Over the winter 1891–92 Marie fell seriously ill. She made a very slow recovery and remained unwell for most of the first half of 1892. Richter wrote from London to Cosima in June 1892 asking for understanding:
According to the rehearsal schedule I have my first orchestral call on 13 July; allow me to hold piano rehearsals with the singers (mainly the Masters and the apprentices) not before the 11th or 12th. I must first go to Vienna to fetch my wife, who fell seriously ill on 24 October 1891, and take her to Carlsbad. Also my youngest daughter, Mathilde, went down with scarlet fever during my time in London, but though she is feeling better, I would like to convince myself in person of the situation; only then would I have peace of mind to work in Bayreuth. As my mother is now too old to run the house successfully and as my poor wife only made her first attempts at walking a few days ago, the household had to be entrusted to my two oldest daughters, Richardis and Ludovika. … You have no idea what sort of winter I have spent, continually worried for the life of the mother of my children and coping at the same time with an amount of work such as I have never had before.
Cosima was very sympathetic, though she was also having to cope with Richard Strauss’ illness (a recurrence of pleurisy and bronchitis), which forced him to withdraw his services as a conductor. Instead she called upon Karl Muck to prepare Meistersinger for Richter, with a promise of two performances. After hearing him rehearse the orchestra she changed her mind but implied to Muck that it was Richter who had raised objections to his engagement as a conductor.
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- Hans Richter , pp. 306 - 317Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2016