After singing concerts in Paris, London and Berlin, she appeared in the 1850s on opera stages in Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Munich and Coburg.

She was known for the range of her voice, and was regarded as one of the important dramatic coloratura sopranos of her era, appearing as Mozart's Donna Anna, Beethoven's Fidelio and Bellini's Norma.

Her students included Ottilie Ebner (1836–1920),[4] Wilhelmine Raab (1848–1917), Ida Benza (1846–1889) and Hermann Rosenberg (1849–1911).

[3] She was regarded as one of the important dramatic coloratura sopranos of her era, noted for the range of her voice.

[7] She appeared as Elisabeth in Wagner's Tannhäuser when it was first performed in Coburg, where the action takes place, in December 1854, alongside Julius Réer in the title role.