Posted July 27, 2014
Posted July 27, 2014
Angelo Neumann recorded his recollections of his time in Vienna when Neumann and Wagner resided in the same building. Neumann was a noted tenor early in his career and went on to become a very famous theater director.
The memoir was translated to English in 1908 by Edith Livermore and can be found at:
https://archive.org/details/personalrecolle01neumgoog
As for the mustache:
“Since I don’t smoke, I decided to grow a mustache – it is better for the health” Salvador Dali, Dali’s Mustache