Mendelssohn worked with the dramatist Karl Immermann to improve local theatre standards, and made his first appearance as an opera conductor in Immermann's production of Mozart's Don Giovanni at the end of 1833, where he took umbrage at the audience's protests about the cost of tickets.
Mendelssohn traballou co dramaturgo Karl Leberecht Immermann para mellorar as normas de teatro locais e fixo a súa primeira aparición como director de ópera na produción de Immermann de Don Giovanni de Mozart a finais de 1833, cando se mostrou resentido ante as protestas da audiencia sobre o custo da entrada.