Virginia Naumann-Gungl
Virginia Gungl (31 December 1848 – 28 August 1915) was a German soprano of Hungarian origin, prima donna on the stages in Munich and Frankfurt. Her voice spanned more than two octaves. Career Daughter of the composer and conductor Joseph Gungl, she was born in New York where her father was on tour. She studied with the conductor and composer Hans von Bülow in Munich. In 1869, she made her debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper, then moved to Vienna for two more years of musical study. She was then hired in Berlin in 1872 where her first role was in ''The Magic Flute'' then at the Cologne Opera (1872-1874), the Mecklenburg State Theatre (1874-1875) the Opern- und Schauspielhaus Frankfurt (1875-1880). She sang at the Theater Bremen (1880-1882), the Royal Theater Kassel (1883-1885) where she worked with Gustav Mahler
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