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.

Born in Vienna, von Leutner was trained in opera by Heinrich Proch, Kapellmeister of the Viennese Theater in der Josefstadt.

[1] 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.

[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.

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.