was a valet de chambre of the Prince of Württemberg; after Wagele's death his widow married Andrea Bernasconi, Kapellmeister of the court at Munich and composer.
[1][2][3] In 1770, at the Teatro Regio Ducale in Milan, she took the part of Aspasia in the premiere of Mozart's early opera Mitridate, re di Ponto.
Mozart then, piqued at her want of confidence, gave her another, and a third, leaving Bernasconi quite confounded with so rare a talent and so rich an imagination at years so tender.
Julian Marshall wrote: "She was then a good musician, and a correct and skilful singer; but her voice was not powerful, and she was past her prime.
"[1][2] Bernasconi settled in Vienna; in 1781 she was in Alceste and Iphigénie en Tauride of Gluck, and a comic opera La contadina in corte by Antonio Sacchini, which she had sung with success in London.