▁l odge ▁" Bal du in ▁zur ▁Lin de " ▁(" Bal du in ▁to ▁the ▁L inden ▁Tree "). ▁L ort zing ▁was ▁much ▁loved ▁in ▁the ▁Leipzig ▁ensemble , ▁particularly ▁when ▁acting ▁in ▁Johann ▁N est roy ' s ▁com ed ies . ▁However , ▁his ▁t endency ▁to ▁improv ise ▁and ▁to ▁devi ate ▁from ▁the ▁script ▁attract ed ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁the ▁the atr ical ▁police . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁com ic ▁opera , ▁Zar ▁und ▁Z imm ermann , ▁had ▁a ▁t ough ▁time ▁with ▁the ▁Leipzig ▁cens ors . ▁It ▁premier ed ▁in ▁Leipzig ▁on ▁ 2 2 ▁December ▁ 1 8 3 7 . ▁L ort zing ▁himself ▁sang ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁Peter ▁I wan ow , ▁but ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁make ▁a ▁major ▁break through ▁until ▁its ▁Berlin ▁performances ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 9 , ▁where ▁it ▁was ▁much ▁pra ised . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 4 , ▁L ort zing ▁became ▁Kap ell meister ▁of ▁the ▁Leipzig ▁Stad tt he ater . ▁After ▁a ▁quar rel ▁with ▁management , ▁he ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁due ▁to ▁his ▁" r he um atic ▁troubles ". ▁The ▁repeated ▁protest s ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁got ▁him ▁re inst ated , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁soon ▁dismiss ed ▁again ▁after ▁another ▁argument . ▁In ▁an ▁open ▁letter , ▁signed ▁by ▁almost ▁everyone ▁in ▁the ▁ensemble , ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁ple a ▁against ▁the ▁measures ▁taken ▁by ▁the ▁city ▁government .