Hawkwind - Dying Seas

Living in Zurich, Wagner already had the opportunity to calmly move around the countries of Europe; only the way to Germany was ordered to him. Liszt remained in Wagner's homeland as his kind of confidant. Wagner felt a spiritual kinship with him and complete understanding and entrusted him with the most precious thing - the fate of his works on the German stage. On April 21, 1850, while in Paris, he asked Liszt for assistance in staging “Lohengrin”: “My friend, I just looked at several pages of the score of“ Lohengrin ”- generally speaking, I never re-read my works. I was overwhelmed by the inexpressible craving to see this thing on stage. I appeal to your heart. Put the Lohengrin! You are the only person I appeal to with this request. I could not trust anyone but you to carry out this business. But I entrust him with complete and joyful calm.Put where you want, anyway, at least in only one Weimar! I am sure that you will create all possible and necessary means for this and you will not encounter any obstacles. Put the Lohengrin! May his birth in the world be the work of your hands! ”