She appeared as Ännchen in Weber's Der Freischütz in the opening performance of the rebuilt Semperoper, in world premieres and in contemporary opera such as Udo Zimmermann's Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin Born in Dresden, Ihle completed her vocal studies at the Musikhochschule Dresden, where she was a pupil of Klara Elfriede Intrau.

[2] Ihle also appeared in lyric soprano roles, such as Eurydice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Donna Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff.

[3] She appeared as Axinja in Shostakovich's Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District in 1999, and in the female title role in Udo Zimmermann's Der Schuhu und die fliegende Prinzessin.

[4] In May 2008, she sang Matilde Di Spelta in the world premiere of Manfred Trojahn's La grande magia [de].

[3] Ihle made international guest appearances mainly with the ensemble of the Dresden State Opera, such as in 1982 as the milliner in Der Rosenkavalier in Venice.