The backstage of the Leipzig Theater was bustling with preparations for tonight's new production, "Turandot".
In the busy backstage of the theater, you could find the anxious lovers, Robert Schumann and Miss Clara Wieck, worrying due to paternal disapproval. You could also see the male lead, the superstar of the European opera world, the principal tenor at the Paris Opera House, Adolphe Nourri, practicing his vocals. You might catch sight of Garibaldi, bustling about but seemingly unsure of what he was doing, or Great Dumas boasting about his creative abilities to German actresses.
However, the busiest of them all was none other than Mendelssohn.
Leipzig, second only to Vienna, was the second most important musical city in the Great German Area, having established the earliest large concert hall in all Germany in 1743.
