A MINGLED CHIME 彩華に響くチャイム 9 . FIRST OPERA COMPANY ９．生まれてはじめてのオペラでの仕事 96 It was during my second year in London that one day I heard of a new opera company that was about to go on tour in the suburbs, with a cast …

A MINGLED CHIME 8 . LONDON IN 1900 （後半） 89 Only a few minds of a more inquiring turn scanned the future with a tinge of anxiety and recalled the prophecy of a great philosopher that we were drawing near to that era of war on a scale th…

A MINGLED CHIME 彩華に響くチャイム 8 . LONDON IN 1900 第8章 1900年ロンドンにて 81 My first feeling on arriving in London was one of relief at having escaped from a circle of living which was becoming each day less sympathetic to me. My dut…

A Mingled Chime 7. BAYREUTH AND YOUNG GERMANY 後半 76 Continuing my way a mile or two further I saw in the distance the outline of a small town, and on approaching discovered it to be a choice example of the walled city of medieval days, W…

A Mingled Chime 彩華に響くチャイム 7. BAYREUTH AND YOUNG GERMANY 第７章 バイロイトとドイツの若者達 69 It was during the summer of the same year, 1899, that I paid my first visit to Bayreuth, and it may be imagined with what excitement I ha…