Felix Mendelssohn: a biography in words and pictures. The places where Mendelssohn worked and the most important people in his life (documentary).
00:00 Intro
01:11 Birth into an upper middle-class family
01:54 Jewish origin, Christian upbringing
02:15 Move to Berlin and extensive education
04:23 Friendship with Goethe
06:10 The child prodigy
08:15 Drumbeat in Berlin and the Bach Renaissance
09:16 Disappointment in Berlin
09:38 Travels to England
12:59 Changing feelings in Düsseldorf
15:10 Marriage with Cécile Jeanrenaud
16:03 Travel and painting in Switzerland
17:19 Family and career in Leipzig
19:42 Mysterious love affair with an opera star
20:22 Exhaustion, sister's catastrophe, early death
Access to the online opera guide:
www.opera-inside.com
More biographies of Artist (Youtube Videos)
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Bach: https://youtu.be/qqmhYsF-JrE
Donizetti: https://youtu.be/3YI44YEB1u4
Puccini: https://youtu.be/O9fRIqnGAFQ
Rossini: https://youtu.be/Qv511Z6R-w8
Strauss: https://youtu.be/DoDegi7FcWk
Tchaikowsky: https://youtu.be/Vo-RX49UkxA
Verdi: https://youtu.be/-JNNZWYH4w4
Mendelssohn: https://youtu.be/3susb6TcHG8
Mozart: https://youtu.be/fC0_h3-ZH0Q
Brahms: https://youtu.be/DyVmw5u9vjI
Stravinsky: https://youtu.be/67mGIs3RSAs
Bruckner: https://youtu.be/XdIcfzjGdjc
Wagner: https://youtu.be/JPdz8Oa9Doo
Beethoven: https://youtu.be/yl7HqahLCDk