The ceremony went off very well yesterday, and my chorus won a decisive victory over Mendelssohn's, which was ineffective and unintelligible. Lindenau, too, said the same to me today outright, and assured me the whole Court was of a like opinion. I must now make all speed with the Apostles. This evening it is to be Norma with Mme. Werthmueller - stupid rubbish!
Richard Wagner
Source: Letters of Richard Wagner, Volume 1, ed. Altmann/Hull (London: Dent, 1927), No. 90