Born in Vienna, von Leutner was trained in opera by
Heinrich Proch,
Kapellmeister of the Viennese
Theater in der Josefstadt. In 1856, she began her career in
Breslau as Agathe in
Der Freischütz. It was a great success, thanks to her light soprano voice, her natural taste and her stage intelligence. 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. 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 but also at the opera with the concerts of the Gewandhaus, as singer of
lieder and
oratorios where she remained until 1876. Peschka-Leutner died in
Wiesbaden on 12 January 1890 at age 50. == References and notes ==