Lucia di Lammermoor at ROH

[Flosshilde]

really under Cosima,

Well, she was responsible for fossilising & 'preserving' an awful lot that Wagner himself probably would have been quite happy to change & adapt, being a pragmatist as well as a perfectionist and very interested in technological development in theatrical production.

[Prommer]

Well, she was responsible for fossilising & 'preserving' an awful lot that Wagner himself probably would have been quite happy to change & adapt, being a pragmatist as well as a perfectionist and very interested in technological development in theatrical production.

Yes, that is probably true, but without her the Festival itself would not have been preserved at all - and put on a sustainable financial footing. This is all well documented in many of the books on Bayreuth. All in, she must be accounted on the credit side of the ledger.

[Flosshilde]

Very true, and Winifred after her.

[Prommer]

Well, that is another question. She certainly made the trains run on time.

Cherchez la femme!