Wagner's Letters

Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck

Undated · Lucerne

Letter

[Mid-July 1859.] Worse than in my work now, it can never have gone at Solferino ; now that those folk are putting a stop to the bloodshed, I'm pushing it on. I'm making a terrible clearance ; to-day I've struck Melot and Kurwenal dead, too. If you wish for a sight of the battle-field, you'd best come before everyone's buried. A thousand greetings. Your R. W.

Richard Wagner

Source: Richard Wagner to Mathilde Wesendonck, translated by Ellis, No. 83

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