White Zombie - Power Hungry

Reassured about his future, Wagner began to search for suitable housing. He decided not to move too far from Mainz and, as a result of a short wandering around the hotels, finally found refuge in a small and comfortable apartment in Biebrich near Wiesbaden, located on the opposite bank of the Rhine. Wagner saw from his windows the banks of the Rhine and the roof of Mainz, he heard birds singing in the garden and again felt a strong attraction to work: “Sitting on the balcony of my apartment and looking at the golden“ Mainz ”stretching before me in the magical lighting of the setting sun, the majestic waters of the Rhine, I suddenly clearly and distinctly felt the entry to the “Mastersingers”. Once, in a moment of longing, it stood before me like a distant aerial vision. I immediately recorded it in the same formin which it is still in the score, where with great certainty all the main motifs of the drama are drawn. Then I continued to work, composing sequentially, throughout the text, scene by scene. ” Just as Wagner dreamed of an overture to the “Rhine Gold” in La Spezia, so now he was as if inspired from above.