Minna Peschka-Leutner, néeMinna von Leutner (25 October 1839 – 12 January 1890) was an Austrian opera singer.
Her voice, a soprano of extraordinary breadth and agility, combined with skill as an actress and a pleasant appearance, made her very popular in the main cities of her country, where she was a favourite at festivals and concerts, as well as on stage.
From Breslau she moved to Dessau in 1857, became a member of the Hoftheaters Altes Theater, then went to Vienna, where she married the Viennese doctor Johann Peschka in 1861. In Vienna, she worked for two years with Anna Bochkoltz. In 1863, she made her debut as a guest at the Wiener Staatsoper, where she made a success as Marguerite in Les Huguenots, and where she sang successively Robert le Diable, Don Giovanni, The Magic Flute, L'Africaine and various other works.[1]
She sang a concert at Leipzig in the Gewandhaus that included the "Queen of the night"s arias from Mozart's The Magic Flute.[2] She received such applause that Witte, the director of the Stadttheater of Leipzig immediately offered her a contract. She began on August 1, 1868 and continued to enjoy success in that theatre, particularly with her performance of the role of Ophelia in A. Thomas' Hamlet[3] but also at the opera with the concerts of the Gewandhaus, as singer of lieder and oratorios where she remained until 1876.[1]
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