Wednesday, August 16:
Siegfried goes off well; people are saying that Herr Betz was never hoarse at all! Let others attempt to explain such characters; we do not understand them.
Cosima's Diaries
Diary Entry of August 16, 1876
Overview
Siegfried finally went off successfully, and the talk afterward was that Betz had never been hoarse at all. The remark carries a dry skepticism about people whose behavior seems impossible to explain. The day reads as a quiet victory after the previous frustration.