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