Empress : Kaiserin: Bayreuth

Samstag, Juni 03, 2006

Bayreuth - Haus Wahnfried

After 11am (I indeed took a long time at the Franz-Liszt Museum!) I head on to Haus Wahnfried - where Wagner and his family lived, and where I bought a postcard of Franz, hehe. I was surprised when the sculpture in front of the house turned out to be King Ludwig II! Hmm... Why? Anyway, when I was in the house (after paying another discounted entry fee), there was this bust of Franz at the entrance, and also on display is the piano where he loved to play on when entertaining Wagner and other visitors.

To sum up the experience briefly, because I have no interest in how Wagner's house is; it was more like for the reason that Franz stepped into it before - the house was bloody big for the filthy rich Wagner. Moreover, I thought the design was rather disoriented. Hmm. There was also a huge garden, where Richard and Cosima Wagner (AND their dog o_O;;;) was buried.

I met a Liszt fan there and got into a conversation. I remember telling her "if one love Liszt's music, the person will never appreciate Wagner." Lol. My acquaintance laughed, but did not object.

[And something else to add: There was a room exhibit dedicated to King Ludwig II! It was unbelievable, that such exhibit exists in Haus Wahnfried. I was stunned, but okay, King Ludwig II did have some connections with Wagner... Yeah yeah...]

So ends my visit in Bayreuth.