in 1837, felix mendelssohn invited her to the gewandhaus concerts, leipzig, where she appeared on 2 november 1837, and several times later. she was well received, and succeeded in making german audiences appreciate handel's solos. schumann declared that nothing for years past had given him so much pleasure as miss novello's voice, 'every note sharply defined as on the keyboard.' mendelssohn wrote that clara novello and mrs. shaw (her successor next winter) 'are the best concert singers we have heard in germany for a long time.' she sang also at berlin, dresden, prague, vienna, and munich. then visiting rossini at bologna, she was advised to study opera for a year; she took lessons of micheroux at milan.