Orphan with living parents -- The uneasy bridegroom -- Growing intimacy -- "I am the King's friend" -- Love and intrigue -- The diary -- "J'en ai assez" -- Cosima changes -- Toward Parsifal -- "I was Aaron to Moses" -- Silence and sound -- The chatelaine -- The escape of Parsifal -- Cosima moves upstairs -- Mostly memories -- Appendix : performances under Cosima's direction.