Victoria Bundsen


Victoria Isabella Heliodora Bundsen, also known as Victoria Boni and Victoria de Bunsen was a Swedish opera singer.
She was the daughter of vice governor Fr. Bundsen and Anna Juliana Otterdahl. She was a student of the Royal Swedish Opera in 1858 and debuted there in 1861. She was a student of Jean Jacques Masset in Paris and Lamperti in Milan. In 1865–1872, she was active under the name Victoria Boni as a prima donna alto in Modena.
In 1872, she was hired at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, where she enjoyed a successful career as "madame de Bunsen".